Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Archive 1929-1942 Issue

1929-1942 Issue

each measuring 36 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

with an inscription of “AFRIKA” flanked by palm trees of identical construction

He was a resident of Hall County

learning to become a farmer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Archive 1929-1942 Issue(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked underneath the catch with code L 50 for maker