Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Clasp To The 1870 Iron Cross, Museum Specimen Hold with a banjo style pinback

with a banjo style pinback

and is commemorated on page 258 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

dated on reverse: 1939

the Germans had moved more troops into the Hammelburg area while the task force was resting

maker marked "TRIFARI" on the reverse of the tip of the right wing

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Clasp To The 1870 Iron Cross, Museum Specimen Hold with a banjo style pinback(Wiederholdungsspange). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a black enameled Iron Cross 1914 on a pebbled clasp, the reverse with both attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 33 mm (w) x 13 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.