Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Buy Now with embossed Legion of Merit

with embossed Legion of Merit insignia and War Office Seal

loop snap closure and belt buckle on bottom

measuring 25 mm (w) x 174 mm (l)

the engineering officer

circumscribed by an inscription of “LANDWIRTSCHAFTSKAMMER FÜR DIE PROVINZ SACHSEN” (“CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE PROVINCE OF SAXONY”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Buy Now with embossed Legion of Merit(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