Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Screwback Version by Wilhelm Deumer Archive (Waffen-SS Schulterklappen für einen SS-Gruppenführer)

(Waffen-SS Schulterklappen für einen SS-Gruppenführer)

the ribbon has replaced at some period

Instituted on 8 May 1853

measures 448mm (w) x 395mm (h) x 21mm (d)

In July of 1915

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Screwback Version by Wilhelm Deumer Archive (Waffen-SS Schulterklappen für einen SS-Gruppenführer)(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 date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer,