Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive Army Officer's Belt Buckle (three-piece

Army Officer's Belt Buckle (three-piece construction

with a magnetic metal backer

surrounded by the inscription "DAS DEUTSCHE VOLK DANKT SEINEN TAPFEREN SOLDATEN"

Naming is officially impressed on the BWM and officially engraved on the MC

Generalleutnant Kurt Chill (1895–1976)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive Army Officer's Belt Buckle (three-piece(1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Instituted 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 set above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse retaining two of four attachment prongs affixed to a period original ribbon, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm