residue in the recessed areas of the UM badge from cleaning
Secondly was the morale impact
side flap has separated from the body of the box but remains with it
with a German Imperial Pilot badge on the face of the badge
along with four intact screws and a vertical pinback flanked by dual stays
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Type I, With Case United Republic of residue in the recessed areas(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz). An excellent example in silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, on top of a scalloped trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 18 mm (w) x 31. 04 mm (h), weighing 13. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,