Germany. A Clasp To The Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Second Type Auction Archive on an off-white card stock

on an off-white card stock

42 mm x 126 mm

escaping relatively unscathed

but with the reverse bearing the dates "1939-1940"

A mint and unissued Third Reich period Forestry Official’s visor cap insignia

Germany. A Clasp To The Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Second Type Auction Archive on an off-white card stock(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombac in the standard form of a standard German national eagle with out spread wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on top of a banner dated 1939 within a pebbled field; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback and a functional hinge catch assembly; measuring 45. 02 mm (w) x 30. 44 mm (h); weighing 10. 2 grams; in overall extremely fine condition.