Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction a small version

a small version

Footnote: The medal was instituted in 1955 to reward meritorious service to the Czech state

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Royal Canadian Regiment at Petawawa on January 18

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction a small version(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of