Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval GTRexclude signed in blue ink by

signed in blue ink by Walter Pauck

the Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur of France (1918)

in the name of the President of the United States and by direction of the Secretary of the Navy

his Army Commendation Medal Citation Certificate (inscribed "HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND Fort Monroe

Footnote: The cross was established on August 11

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval GTRexclude signed in blue ink by(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of