Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Screwback Version by Wilhelm Deumer Archive Army Staff Identification Badge (two-piece

Army Staff Identification Badge (two-piece construction

copyrighted and printed in Canada in 1973

measuring 43 mm (w) x 63

the ribbon has replaced at some period

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 29608 of Friday

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Screwback Version by Wilhelm Deumer Archive Army Staff Identification Badge (two-piece(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914 2. Form). 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, situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer,