Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Eugen Schmidhäussler Archive MILANO-ROMA”

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a red felt patch with dark blue central stripe embroidered on

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Eugen Schmidhäussler Archive MILANO-ROMA”(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914, 2. Form mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 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 field, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but