Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Malagasy Republic (now Madagascar)

Malagasy Republic (now Madagascar)

Army Pay Corps (Finance) Beret Badge (in die-stamped silvered metal

both dome headed chin strap retaining rivets and both of the extended ventilation side lugs all intact

accompanied by seven assorted badge

presenting minor scuffing and fraying

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Malagasy Republic (now Madagascar)(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 a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and wide banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of