Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Republic of sports and education

sports and education

loosening of the shell rivets

The cuffs are of a folded no-button design with one broad strip of golden bullion wire tresse nearest to the cuff

Silvered bronze medal with laurel wreath border and gilt central medallion

The vulcanfibre visor is painted black on the obverse and light brown on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Republic of sports and education(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914 2. Form). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled field, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the