Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Second Pattern, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold one measuring 48 mm (w)

one measuring 48 mm (w) x 120 mm (l)

16 mm diameter

he was wounded at Vimy

who had been defeated by British General Allenby at the end of 1917

marked M1/52 for Deschler & Sohn

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Second Pattern, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold one measuring 48 mm (w)(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, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Steinhauer & Lck,