Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold 26 mm x 76 mm)

26 mm x 76 mm)

enamels with slight chipping on reverse center

The military had largely avoided the region

during the campaign to relieve Ladysmith in the Second Boer War and resulted in a British defeat

A Clasp to the Iron Cross 1939 Second Class 2nd Type (Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 @

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold 26 mm x 76 mm)(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II . Klasse 1914). Instituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered and painted zink, the obverse consisting of a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, topped by a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, with the date and swastika displaying post manufacture black and red painting in addition to a re application of silver