Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Archive with a central gilt medallion

with a central gilt medallion bearing a profile of Friedrich Engels

constructed of a heavy pressed card stock frame with a faux dark blue leather exterior liner

measuring 156 mm x 100 mm

Footnote: The Order of the White Star was instituted in 1936 and awarded to Estonian citizens

bestowed to a mere eleven individuals between 11 February 1942 and 28 April 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Archive with a central gilt medallion(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Papiertte). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked