Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Hold The War Merit Cross 2nd

The War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords followed on September 3

Hallmarked on the ring with Austrian silver marks and mounted on the War ribbon

stamped with an issue number of “12416”

trimmed in white

the pouch measures 174 mm (w) x 118 mm (h) and is in an extremely fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Hold The War Merit Cross 2nd(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914, 2. Form). 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, situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the