Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Type A, By B.h. Mayer Auction DIED IN HIS COUNTRY

DIED IN HIS COUNTRY

silvered bronze and black and red enamels

Engine Personnel

02 mm (w) x 43

1944 north of Anzio while in Spitfire VIII - MH934 and credited with "Likely" downing a Fw 190 on March 27

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Type A, By B.h. Mayer Auction DIED IN HIS COUNTRY(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz I Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a large wreathed mobile swastika, with a shield at the bottom bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 19 mm (w) x 30. 50 mm (h), accompanied by its period original case of issue, constructed of heavy card stock