Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Eugen Schmidhäussler Auction circumscribed with “NORDLANDFAHRTEN MIT KRAFT

circumscribed with “NORDLANDFAHRTEN MIT KRAFT DURCH FREUDE 1939”

1945 Behr was hospitalised with a metabolic disease

a white cardboard fabric-lined insert placed within the base and housing a raised platform in black felt with a recessed medal bed and slotted medal bed for the Badge and Breast Star respectively

the fire gilt plate with both pairs of prongs intact

small pennant

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Eugen Schmidhäussler Auction circumscribed with “NORDLANDFAHRTEN MIT KRAFT(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914, 2. Form mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 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 field, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but