Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 387 (Killed in Action: 794

387 (Killed in Action: 794

Duke of Aosta (1st Class)

Private Munden was transferred to the Brooklyn (New York) Naval Yard in April 1898 and assigned to the auxiliary cruiser USS Yankee

the decoration is surmounted by a silver crown with eight half arches bearing eagle features

in order to proceed to Japan

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, by Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 387 (Killed in Action: 794(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, situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the