Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Auction Archive Marquis de Lafayette at the

Marquis de Lafayette at the right

19 mm x 76 mm)

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

and his First World War I service

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Auction Archive Marquis de Lafayette at the(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.