Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The medal was initially issued

The medal was initially issued in 1899 and had to be applied for

2) The Secret Court Counselor Willem de Haan on 13

and the two remaining prongs show evidence of replacement

22 mm (w) x 20

ROTHDEUTSCH" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The medal was initially issued(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 lug retaining an original backplate, the former maker marked with LDO code L58 for Rudolf Souval, Vienna,