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

missing catch

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

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

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval GTRexclude missing catch(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