Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Republic of 37mm x 40mm

37mm x 40mm

An excellent example of a marked and period worn badge in silver

The belt has a black smooth-finished upper and a light brown smooth-finished underside

both bearing raised oak leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Republic of 37mm x 40mm(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely documented variant produced by an