Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Archive with an inscription of “AFRIKA”

with an inscription of “AFRIKA” flanked by palm trees of identical construction

Epsom on October 31st

medal in gilt and enamels

each measuring 36 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

hallmarked on loop with the three tower mark for the city of Copenhagen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co., Dietrich Maerz Collection Archive with an inscription of “AFRIKA”(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