Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type I Newly Listed In January 1918

In January 1918

constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire and consisting of a stylized acord suspended from a strap of identical construction

(Heer Schiffchen für Männer der Panzertruppe)

affixed to a 35 mm long pin

Ryder (asking for a list of the sixty-two men who had "left Finland in the early days for Stockholm") and a Newspaper Article from page 6 of "The Star" Entitled "Volunteer's Thrills in Finland" (describing a British party of volunteers that had gone to Finland in March 1940 to assist the Finns in their fight against the Russians)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type I Newly Listed In January 1918(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz). Constructed of tombak, presenting as a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika above a scalloped shield bearing reinstitution date of 1939, with a screwback appartus, unmarked, weighing 17. 1 g, measuring 45. 40 mm (w) x 31. 32 mm (h), in very fine condition.