Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Hold Second Photo: Group of Eleven

Second Photo: Group of Eleven in a Studio Setting (black and white

measures approximately 110mm in length

As a young boy working at his father's equestrian school in Munich

and was unconcerned as if a thousand miles away from the war

and carried out training in the Naples area in preparation for the invasion of the south of France

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Gebrüder Godet Hold Second Photo: Group of Eleven(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 block hinge and tapering banjo style pinback meeting a round write catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 30 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm