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

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

circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT” (“FAITFHUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT”)

a Saar propaganda badge

arriving in England on February 3

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,