Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive the 1939 Clasp to the

the 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross

presumably a restaurant or an inn

with Rifleman Thompson returning to duty with the Royal Regina Rifles on May 18th

missing the clasp

In silvered wreath and patinated eagle (marked on reverse

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Tropical Breast Eagle, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive the 1939 Clasp to the(Heer Tropen Brustadler fr Offiziere). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an elongated Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 95 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), demonstrating loss of finish throughout, a mid to late war example in very fine condition.