Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection United Republic of In court later that year

In court later that year

he was killed in action on 8 October 1916 during the battles of Regina Trench and Ancre Heights

with a green enamel surround

Silver Star (bronze gilt with an overlaying silver star in the center

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection United Republic of In court later that year(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