Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii Auction but exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics

but exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics of C

gilt star on the ribbon)

Measures approximately 48cm (or 19 inches) in length

thirteen days shy of his 24th birthday

size stamped on one panel "57"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii Auction but exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, above a trapezoid base bearing a date of 1939, the reverse with all four attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 30. 40 mm (w) x 30. 72 mm (h), weighing 7. 4 grams, in better than very fine condition.