Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Province of China marked L/13 on reverse (for

marked L/13 on reverse (for P

all braided into an ornate knot with silver aluminum bullion wires embroidered into the braiding in a chevron formation

also stamped with a mark of “KR

consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms

in the margin of the lower cross arm is the maker’s mark “S

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Province of China marked L/13 on reverse (for(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,