Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Hold with a red field flanked

with a red field flanked by three white and two red alternating stripes

the Order fell out of use and remained inactive for thirty years until Antonio López de Santa Anna convinced Pope Pius IX to recognize it in 1854

The first inscribed "He 72-W

the reverse with a principle vertical pin assembly

with a 14 mm wide black rayon border along the open end

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Hold with a red field flanked(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, set on a trapezoidal pedestal bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 92 mm (w) x 30. 55 mm (h), weighing 8. 2 grams, most of the silver finish has been lost and oxidation is evident to the