Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross, Second Pattern, Type B by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The medal was created

Footnote: The medal was created by Prince Alexandru Cuza in 1864 and instituted by Carol I on March 27

the three at the right inscribed "BALACLAVA

the reverse inscribed “Verdienst um den Staat” (German - Merit for the State) within a laurel wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon

Osang - Silver grade

front and inside of the case engraved with

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross, Second Pattern, Type B by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The medal was created(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, situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a date of 1939 on a pebbled field, the reverse retaining all four attachment prongs connecting to a period original ribbon, maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H.