Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval GTRexclude TAUTENHAYN""

TAUTENHAYN""

with the reverse of the medal blank and marked "SPECIMEN"

surmounted by a crown in silver and gold-coloured bullion wire

When totaling casualty figures for both USS Franklin cruises numbers increase to 924 killed in action

each of the tabs bearing four silvered stylized eagles on a black wool field

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval GTRexclude TAUTENHAYN""(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture