Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive awarded on 18 August 1944

awarded on 18 August 1944 for five wounds suffered on 27 July 1941

91mm in diameter

bearing the remnants of factory-original zig-zag stitching consistent with uniform removal

7 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

named to Ludwig Meffert of 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive awarded on 18 August 1944(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 demonstrating the characteristics of