Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II with Period Case, by B.H. Mayer visually-hidden Originally awarded in eight classes

Originally awarded in eight classes (from 8th to 1st

the wheel backed by a central stem with a red and white circular insignia protruding from the top of the badge

the interior with a white satin lining

Received three MID’s from Sir Douglas Haig on 13th November 1916

a Letter From the War Office in London (informing his parents in Johannesburg of their son's award of the Military Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II with Period Case, by B.H. Mayer visually-hidden Originally awarded in eight classes(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 situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the