Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Newly Listed Soldier's Service Book

Soldier's Service Book

with two rows of brown embroidery on either side on the upper

which had returned from Coastal Command at the Bay of Biscay in March 1943

reverse mounted

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Newly Listed Soldier's Service Book(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm (w) x 29. 84 mm (h), weighing 9. 2 grams, in extremely fine condition.