Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Rudolf Souval, Vienna Auction Zilina 5th Special Parachute Regiment

Zilina 5th Special Parachute Regiment Commemorative Medal with two Ribbon Bars

near mint condition with folding creases

and that Miller then took the aircraft for private flying

The 226th Battalion (Men of the North)

measuring 50 mm x 33 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Rudolf Souval, Vienna Auction Zilina 5th Special Parachute RegimentA 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 44. 54 mm (w) x 44. 81