Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude 1943 the Taiko Maru was

1943 the Taiko Maru was torpedoed in the Sea of Japan

during her athletic career

43 mm (w) x 42

Stamped onto the right side of the shell is a maker’s code of “Q66”

A 1944-50 Bulgarian Observer's Badge - in tombac

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude 1943 the Taiko Maru was(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the