Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type A with Case, by B.H. Mayer GTRexclude 29 cm across

29 cm across

original triangular ribbon with hook and eye)

the edge bearing a raised inscription of “JUSTICE AND MERCY” similarly in Latin

" (September 9

he was appointed a Deputy Director in 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type A with Case, by B.H. Mayer GTRexclude 29 cm across(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz 1. Klasse 1914, 2. Form 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, in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but