Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Auction Archive His condition had improved dramatically

His condition had improved dramatically

The blade bears double-sided acid-etched designs executed in exceptional detail

surrounded by the Latin inscription ""HORTI MED AMSTEL LIBER INGRESSUS""

Footnote: The Kempeitai were formed in 1881 as the Japanese Military Police of the Imperial army

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Auction Archive His condition had improved dramatically(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914). 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 a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely documented variant produced by an