Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction tied off in a bow

tied off in a bow with Gold clip for the badge at the bottom end

held in place by three rows of stitching

Protector of Skiers and Mountaineers

He survived the war and in October of 1947 became a temporary worker in the department of Girone

measuring 105 mm (w) x 134 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction tied off in a bow(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