Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval certificate_of_authenticity surrounded by the inscription "CORPO

surrounded by the inscription "CORPO VOLONTARI DELLA LIBERTÀ" and number stamped "36974" below

that reads “1

the reverse inscribed “FÜR LANGJÄHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE” (German - For Long Years of Loyal Service) within a laurel wreath

The book begins with a Note by the Commanding Officer

constructed of a card stock binding and featuring 100 pages of information supplemented by both full-colour and black-and-white images

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval certificate_of_authenticity surrounded by the inscription "CORPO(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 reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 44. 56