Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction Archive Marine Corps globe and anchor

Marine Corps globe and anchor

5 mm x 34 mm)

1936 - Die-stamped metal with a bronze-coloured gilt

the reverse three and nine o’clock arms bearing a silvered inscription of “WELTKRIEG” (“WORLD WAR”) while the six and twelve o’clock arms bearing silvered oak leaves

a Saar propaganda badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction Archive Marine Corps globe and anchor(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,