Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Eugen Schmidhäussler Province of China Sylvester on an enameled blue

Sylvester on an enameled blue background

a Chief Mechanic (Observer)

with period photograph

surrounded by the inscription A LA CARIDAD (To Charity)

measures 34 mm (w) x 58

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Eugen Schmidhäussler Province of China Sylvester on an enameled blue(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914, 2. Form mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled field, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but