Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Auction Archive thirty-four years to the day

thirty-four years to the day that he enlisted

Marquis de Lafayette at the right

1) A red and white enameled RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst - Reich Labour Service) membership stick pin

National School of NCOs of Saint-Maixent

Footnote: Berthold Roßmüller briefly joined the Hilfspolizei (auxiliary police) in 1933

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Auction Archive thirty-four years to the day(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm (w) x 29. 84 mm (h), weighing 9. 2 grams, in extremely fine condition.