Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed in the margin of the

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

The photo shows him in civilian clothing

White and brown embroidery on black wool

and one People's Republic award:

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed in the margin of the(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,