Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with Spanish-style buckle and pinback

to every woman who had worked for the Imperial Munitions Board for at least thirty days

Accompanied by a research paper

maker marked “W” for “Richard Wagner”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of on loop for suspension from(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,