Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Archive Trench is buried in Noeux-les-Mines

Trench is buried in Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery beside Peake

Clarke was discharged upon demobilization on May 24

and is approximately 30mm (or 1 ¼ inches) tall

Measuring at 44

the obverse bearing a raised figure holding a sword and shield

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Archive Trench is buried in Noeux-les-Mines(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,