Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Archive Footnote: The Order of Noble

Footnote: The Order of Noble Dames of Queen Maria Luisa was founded by Charles IV King of Spain on April 21

Patrick in the City of New York

measuring 330 mm in total length

maker marked “Lehmann & Sohn

Instituted 1937

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Archive Footnote: The Order of Noble(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a restitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of