Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China with a functional push-button release

with a functional push-button release inset into the obverse

Unissued example of this very hard to find collar tab

1944 and flew thirty missions between July 17

the award demonstrating total loss of bronze finish

stitched together at the rear

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China with a functional push-button release(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939). Instituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the