Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed the obverse consisting of an

the obverse consisting of an oval wreath topped by a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

The photo shows him in civilian clothing

The reverse features a central vertical slit flanked on each side by scalloped flaps

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

He joined the 7th Field Battery

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