Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Ziemer & Söhne Hold working the instruments and winches

working the instruments and winches required constant practice

reverse inscribed PRO PATRIA ET JURE GENTIUM with a cannon and an American flag in the central medallion

the other with one of two prongs intact and scattered silvering wear)

at the age of 75

with all of the original silvering lost through time

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Ziemer & Söhne Hold working the instruments and winches(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse 1914). 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 set above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised institution date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture