Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II with Period Case, by B.H. Mayer visually-hidden a Letter From the War

a Letter From the War Office in London (informing his parents in Johannesburg of their son's award of the Military Cross

with loop suspension

Originally awarded in eight classes (from 8th to 1st

Received three MID’s from Sir Douglas Haig on 13th November 1916

I was put on a troop ship

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II with Period Case, by B.H. Mayer visually-hidden a Letter From the War(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse 1914). 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 raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the