Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive situated within a white enameled

situated within a white enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of “SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS” (“IF GOD IS WITH US THE WHO CAN BE AGAINST US

who died on 27 September 1943 while in service with the Kriegsmarine in the North Sea

again led by Sun Yat-sen

III Class with Ribbon Bar

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive situated within a white enameled(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 reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics