Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed The presentation was made by

The presentation was made by the Mayoress of Lewisham who paid a high tribute to the courage shown by these nurses

attractive and even patina from age

measuring 30 mm (w) x 111 mm (h)

Percy Poppelstone was from Halifax

name handwritten in ink to "Utffz Brauns" and stamped "B

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed The presentation was made by(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