Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type B, by B.H. Mayer visually-hidden He served for twenty-four years

He served for twenty-four years with the Royal Canadian Air Force

Francis Xavier crest with the inscription "QUAECUMQUE SUNT VERA"

on top of which is stitched a manufacturer’s label reading “KLARA KRAPPEN

Gerow who answered his Nation's call and paid the supreme sacrifice

All in a white cardboard box

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type B, by B.H. Mayer visually-hidden He served for twenty-four years(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. 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 date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flat vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but