Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Buy Now both incorporating a decorative swirl

both incorporating a decorative swirl pattern

with embossed Legion of Merit insignia and War Office Seal

each unmarked and measuring 46 mm (w) x 105 mm (l)

measuring 25 mm (w) x 174 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Buy Now both incorporating a decorative swirl(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