Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, First Pattern, Early Screwback Version United Republic of Ordo Equitum Melitensium

Ordo Equitum Melitensium

name tag on the bottom

overlaid by Frey’s handwritten signature in black ink

" above and "MEISTERSCHAFTEN" below and engraved "3X1000 M

obverse illustrating the railway tunnel's entrance with the countryside above

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, First Pattern, Early Screwback Version United Republic of Ordo Equitum Melitensium(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914). Instituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn set above a scalloped trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a backplate and nut, unmarked but with the physical