Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, Type Ii With Case, By Paul Meybauer Auction 30 December 1943)

30 December 1943)

bearing an additional embossed mark on the crown

After the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad

with the University of Toronto Training Company

A decorative pocket knife

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, Type Ii With Case, By Paul Meybauer Auction 30 December 1943)(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914, 2. Form mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 crimped hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO