Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive soiling evident on cloth backer

soiling evident on cloth backer on the mounting board

(afterwards Admiral of the Fleet) each ship also towed into action a whaler manned by a dozen Bluejackets

backed by a wide diagonal slash in yellow

the book documenting Lieutenant Colonel Denson's work and successful convictions as Chief Military Prosecutor at the War Crimes Trials

with his "Resignation of Commission" coming on June 6

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive soiling evident on cloth backer(1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Instituted 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 set above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs affixed to a period original ribbon, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by B. H. Mayer,