Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction As a Captain in the

As a Captain in the Reserve for Life Grenadier Regiment I4

Instructing pupils ex Flying Training School on Mosquitos so that they are complete masters of this aircraft under all conditions by day and night is a task which calls for very high qualities in the instructor

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/92” for Karl Wild

held in place by three rows of stitching

his Regiment was stationed in Waziristan where it was to remain through 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction As a Captain in the(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 a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of