Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Rudolf Souval, Vienna Auction near mint condition with folding

near mint condition with folding creases

His award of the DSM was announced in the London Gazette 29668 of Friday July 14

with a central medallion bearing a raised royal crown

and that Miller then took the aircraft for private flying

The 226th Battalion (Men of the North)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Rudolf Souval, Vienna Auction near mint condition with foldingA 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 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 flat wire catch, unmarked, but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 44. 54 mm (w) x 44. 81