Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screwback Version by Rudolf Souval United Republic of measuring at 35 mm in

measuring at 35 mm in diameter and a Medal for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945

REX” (“MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH KING OF BAVARIA”) in gold enameled lettering

He was a veteran of the Normandy Campaign of June 15

Type III (1875-1913)

Tiny edge nicks

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screwback Version by Rudolf Souval United Republic of measuring at 35 mm in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted September 1st, 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 is blank with the exception of a retaining pin on the twelve oclock, along with a screw post and screw back, the latter marked L58