Iron Cross 1st Class 1914, maker's mark G (J. Godet & Sohn, Berlin)

The traditional Berlin jewelry store J. Godet & Son wurde am 16 January 1761 from the Huguenot goldsmith and silversmith Jean Godet founded. Over generations, the family business manufactured the highest quality luxury goods and rose to become Royal Court Jeweler and Purveyor of the Prussian royal house and later of the German imperial house. Besides fine silverware and jewelry, the company gained worldwide renown for its outstanding quality in the production of Orders and decorations, such as the Order Pour le Merite.

In the year 1926 The well-known goldsmith Ferdinand Richard Wilm took over the business, but ran it successfully. as an independent brand under the name of Gebr. Godet & Co. Furthermore, even in the 1930s and 1940s, the Godet company remained a leading and exclusive manufacturer of state decorations. During this later period, the company produced important orders of the Third Reich, including the Iron Cross, and was a key supplier to the Presidential Chancellery under the... Supplier number 21 as well as in the LDO system under the Embossing L/50 registered. The final demise of the company was sealed by the Second World War, when the Berlin production facilities were completely destroyed in an air raid.