Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude glue and yellow paper residue

glue and yellow paper residue on the reverse from previous board mounting)

wear to reverse edge at 11 o’clock

the reverse bears a horizontal pinback

surrounded by a white-enamelled ring featuring golden painted oak leaves

backed by rippling waves and a large star with trailing rays in the sky and engraver marked "S

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude glue and yellow paper residue(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate, with a stabilizer emanating from the