Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden Better than fine

Better than fine

reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch

The butterscotch-coloured leather sweatband is perforated along the front edge with five tiny rows of forty ventilation holes each

5 cm across the shoulders

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden Better than fine(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 clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, 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 characteristics