Germany, Imperial. A Jubilee Clasp For The 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity measuring 55 mm x 28

measuring 55 mm x 28 mm

2125 (1945) "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the Fifteenth Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater of Action"

near very fine condition with two folding creases

A large number of these badges were un-issued and were released onto the collectors market when the old shooting ground in Innsbruck was demolished at the end of the war (they had been stored there since the war)

maker marked "maker marked "PORZELLANFABRIK Heinrich SELB" on the reverse

Germany, Imperial. A Jubilee Clasp For The 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity measuring 55 mm x 28(Jubilumsspange fr das Eiserne Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Instituted 18 August 1895 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1895 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of three detailed oak leaves, overlaid by a raised central number 25, the reverse with one attachment prong, unmarked, measuring 26. 28 mm (w) x 17. 92 mm (h), weighing 1. 5 grams, one attachment prong missing, in overall very fine condition.