Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed Gold lettering in the centrepiece

Gold lettering in the centrepiece

slightly toned silver and silver lost

Page 12 includes a certificate stating that Matthiessen has been awarded the NSDAP Long Service Award in Bronze and Silver on April 20

Austrian Military Merit Cross with KD

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed Gold lettering in the centrepiece(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the revere with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of