Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval visually-hidden demonstrating loss of finish to

demonstrating loss of finish to the base metal

a unit tasked with guarding POWs in the German homeland area

Afrika Armband

a fascinating primary document from a key unit and event in the history of the Freikorps in extremely fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval visually-hidden demonstrating loss of finish to(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics