Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Ziemer & Söhne Auction Archive the sailor's tally ribbon inscribed

the sailor's tally ribbon inscribed "Kaiserliche Marine"

above a maker’s mark of “DESCHLER

Hörmann started working for the Bavarian pension office as an administrative clerk

circumscribed by inscription “KAMPF-GESCHWADER 153

surrounded by the inscription "SE AVANZO SEGVITEMI / OPERA BALILLA" (If I Advanced

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Ziemer & Söhne Auction Archive the sailor's tally ribbon inscribed(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