Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction Archive twenty-one with intact lugs

twenty-one with intact lugs

arriving in England on February 3

an exceptional example by a rare maker in extremely fine condition

circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT” (“FAITFHUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT”)

and soldered central attachment prong

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction Archive twenty-one with intact lugs(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 50 for Gebrder Godet,