Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, Type Ii With Case, By B.h. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 44 mm (w) x

measuring 44 mm (w) x 47

A finely manufactured cross in the typical French style

later landing in southern France as part of Operation Dragoon in August 1944

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 38020 of Tuesday

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, Type Ii With Case, By B.h. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 44 mm (w) x(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