Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type B with Case, by B.H. Mayer Hold August von Mackensen

August von Mackensen

affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a zink backplate with an intact black paper backer and field-grey wool liner indicating Heer issue

measuring 206 mm (w) x 320 mm (h)

an effort to scratch out the swastika armband is evident

A matching set of SS-Fachführer (post-June 1942 SS-Sonderführer) Untersturmführer shoulder boards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type B with Case, by B.H. Mayer Hold August von Mackensen(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914 mit Etui 2. Form). 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 date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the