Germany, Third Reich. A Grouping of an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class and a 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I. Class Province of China Aluminum with a bronze wash

Aluminum with a bronze wash

BLACKINGTON CO

Red Cross Medal: three-piece construction

obverse illustrating the right-facing bust of Marshal Joffre

“GEN” on the 6 o’clock arm

Germany, Third Reich. A Grouping of an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class and a 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I. Class Province of China Aluminum with a bronze washA grouping of two Iron Cross 1939 awards, consisting of: 1. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I. Class, Second Pattern, Full Vein Variant by Funcke & Brninghaus. (Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914, 2. Form). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consists of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a