Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Hold printed by Ebenezer Baylis and

printed by Ebenezer Baylis and Son Limited

the obverse with a central oval medallion bearing a portrait of St

Instituted on 2 August 1891

The black pebbled leather washer at the crossguard junction is in intact and remains supple in texture

2) A War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Hold printed by Ebenezer Baylis and(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