Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Cross of Aeronautical

Footnote: The Cross of Aeronautical Merit was instituted in 1949

Naming is engraved on both: the CGSM on the edge

an iron cross paty constructed of bronze

measuring 73 mm x 73 mm

interior presents a crème coloured velvet medal bed and silk interior

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The Cross of Aeronautical(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