Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Republic of 5 cm (w) x 25

5 cm (w) x 25

Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV and Adolf Friedrich V

The Battalion was raised in New Brunswick with mobilization headquarters at Saint John under the authority of G

type II with mural crown

adhesive residue on each handle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Republic of 5 cm (w) x 25(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