Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the award recessed in place

the award recessed in place to a 210 mm (w) x 227 mm (h) x 26 mm (d) wooden plaque)

Malagasy Republic (now Madagascar)

accompanied by seven assorted badge

he did not return to submarine service

and a Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the award recessed in place(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 wide banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of