Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold measuring 105 mm (w) x

measuring 105 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

"" Shannon was awarded his Distinguished Service Medal

679 other ranks

Footnote Udet/Galland/Mölders: Ernst Udet (1896–1941) was a flying ace in the First War

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold measuring 105 mm (w) x(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