Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed joined in the middle by

joined in the middle by a black mobile swastika

Ovular shape with handle on a hinge secured with two rivets

in the margin of the lower cross arm is the maker’s mark “S

White and brown embroidery on black wool

Undoubtedly there has been a tendency for the Army to rest on its laurels following the defeat of Napoleon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed joined in the middle by(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 50 for Gebrder Godet,