Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp the to Iron Cross II Class, Type II with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden numbered "1" and dated January

numbered "1" and dated January 24

Staff Sergeant Cecchini was transferred and posted to Camp Downes on the Island of Leyte in the Philippines

fabric interruption in the wire on the swastika exposing the underlying white cord support

with each bordered edge presenting a stitched fold allowing for a pole or bar to be threaded into the material

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp the to Iron Cross II Class, Type II with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden numbered "1" and dated January(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II 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 raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with four attachment prongs retaining a period original Third Reich era ribbon, unmarked but demonstrating