measuring 18 mm (w) x 23 mm (h)
the inside of the lid embossed “LDO” in black ink
which played a significant part in the Battle of Crete
with signs of oxidation on the spring bar
The stiff visor is finished in a black patent leather on the upper
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Prinzen Size Newly Listed measuring 18 mm (w) x(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse 1914). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, set above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with both attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 24. 52 mm (w) x 24. 46 mm (h), weighing 4. 0 grams, with loss of