Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross II Class, Type II, by Ziemer & Söhne Province of China decorated with detailed oak leaves

decorated with detailed oak leaves

encompassed by a “U”-shaped oak leaf wreath

a Document from the British War Office Records Centre in Hayes

Footnote: Frank Scallon was born in 1877 in Dvaish

light gilt wear on rays

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross II Class, Type II, by Ziemer & Söhne Province of China decorated with detailed oak leaves(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, in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs, accompanied by its original Third Reich period ribbon, unmarked