Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of 2 SEPT 1873

2 SEPT 1873

within a ribbed ring inscribed “Blut und Ehre” (“Blood and Honour”)

maker marked with the stylized logo of Josef Feix & Söhne

The daggers displays evidence of fatigue consisting with age and use

a four armed cross in yellow and blue enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of 2 SEPT 1873(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,