Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, with Case, Type A by B.H. Mayer United Republic of maker marked "Х

maker marked "Х

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, with Case, Type A by B.H. Mayer United Republic of maker marked "Х(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914 2. Form mit Etui). 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 field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a rounded and flattened catch, unmarked