Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval certificate_of_authenticity marked “ROYAL MINT” on inside

marked “ROYAL MINT” on inside lid

with the Motto of the order in blue enamels EL REY Y LA PATRIA (THE KING AND THE HOMELAND)

The second postcard illustrates a standing Lieutenant von Bertrab

he disembarked at Cape Town on February 26th and would serve with the Royal Canadian Dragoons

0 mm in diameter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval certificate_of_authenticity marked “ROYAL MINT” on inside(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture