Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II with Case, by an Unknown Maker United Republic of the three and nine o’clock

the three and nine o’clock arms bearing an inscription of “WELTKRIEG” (“WORLD WAR”)

with full length of original ribbon with sewn up ends and sewn up around the suspension loop

Eric went on to become a test pilot

An early cross

his CEF Attestation Paper and Service Records

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II with Case, by an Unknown Maker United Republic of the three and nine o’clock(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914 mit Etui). 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, 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