Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive with an embroidered manufacturer's label

with an embroidered manufacturer's label sewn in place just below on the lining

1944 while commanding the SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 2 of the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich”

this had dwindled to 35

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive with an embroidered manufacturer's label(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of