Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Archive Footnote: The Order of the

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

eight days after that fateful day

encircled by a blue ring inscribed RN TRANSPORT

the obverse depicting the Royal Cypher “GRI VI” centrally surmounted by a crown and inscribed “The France and Germany Star” in capitalized lettering

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 Footnote: The Order of the(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