Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive During the Anglo-French Blockade of

During the Anglo-French Blockade of the River Plate

58 mm (w) x 64

England on December 8th aboard the S

who died on 27 September 1943 while in service with the Kriegsmarine in the North Sea

marked “50” for “Karl Schiermeister of Vienna” on the pin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive During the Anglo-French Blockade of(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 reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics