Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction along with running marks

along with running marks

inscribed "FÜR DIE GRABSTÄTTEN DER GEFALLENEN HELDEN VON" above and "- 1914 - LIMANOWA - TARNOW - GORLICE - 1915 - " (the three Polishconflicts) below

After he entered the Austrian military service at the Battle at Naples (1798)

with total loss of silver finish evident in addition to repair of the reverse rivet securing the obverse eagle in place

measuring 52 mm x 40 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Auction along with running marks(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patt 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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 50 for Gebrder Godet,