Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies

Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary 21st Annual Convention at Bellingham

crashed in a trench

with some colour deterioration evident to the enamels of the arms

Fine Photos and Photo album Group of KC Winner Metzler -From the estate of U-Boot Commander (U-69 and U-847) and Knight Cross Winner Jost Metzler

hinged on the right

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies(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, in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a type