Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed reverse stamped "123 CANADIANS CE"

reverse stamped "123 CANADIANS CE"

Heavy Version - first model

along with a raised 20 mm wide border on the brim covered in silver bullion wire

constructed of gilded silver with multi-coloured enamels

on a shield of white and red enamel inscribed with “1919 2 XI” encompassed by an oak leaf border

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed reverse stamped "123 CANADIANS CE"(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