this time at the Battle of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands from November 20 to 23
on loop for suspension from correct replacement ribbon
Sieper & Sohn – Lüdenscheid 1942”
His first medal earned was the Anschluss Medal in 1938
The inside is lined in white cotton at the waist and stamped in black ink on the left side "Uniformwerke v
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Type Ii Buy Now this time at the Battle(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, set on a trapezoidal pedestal bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 92 mm (w) x 30. 55 mm (h), weighing 8. 2 grams, most of the silver finish has been lost and oxidation is evident to the