Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross II Class, Type II, by Ziemer & Söhne Hold presumably added by an Allied

presumably added by an Allied veteran to a buckle claimed as a war souvenir

surrounded by a gilt ring with an inscription of “DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER” (“TO THE GERMAN MOTHER”)

as we were living as man and wife and had so lived since our marriage

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Three divisions of the Canadian Corps were involved in the defence of the line here when the German Army made an attack on June 2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross II Class, Type II, by Ziemer & Söhne Hold presumably added by an Allied(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz II. Klasse 1914 2. Form). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 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 background, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs, accompanied by its original Third Reich period ribbon, unmarked