Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed and one People's Republic award:

and one People's Republic award:

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

British War and Victory Medal with Oakleaves (LT

The photo shows him in civilian clothing

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed and one People's Republic award:(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,