Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, Type Ii With Case, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of Bronze gear insignia

Bronze gear insignia

stating that he had eight years previous military service with the 43rd Regiment

the reverse bearing the inscription “VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT” (STATE MERIT) encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom

Badge of the Spanish Blue Division In Russia

Let us hope that your brothers will be able to return to you soon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, Type Ii With Case, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of Bronze gear insignia(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914 mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, situated on top of a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical