Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed along with a raised 20

along with a raised 20 mm wide border on the brim covered in silver bullion wire

edge engraved: ARTHUR B

each numbered and secured with period thread or crimped metal

This Battalion became the first Empire unit to provide the King's Guard at Buckingham Palace in London

contact wear to obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed along with a raised 20(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 a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of