A Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wächtler & Lange Archive with both receiving Silver Star

with both receiving Silver Star citations for their efforts

Hampton's force marched west instead to Four Corners

and Eagle Cap Badge (bronze

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 438 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

A Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch

A Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wächtler & Lange Archive with both receiving Silver StarA textbook nonmagnetic private purchase Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class by Wchtler & Lange; in silver with a blackened brass (non magnetic) core; vertical slender banjo style vertical pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; unmarked, but exhibiting the trademarks of Wchter & Lange, Mittweida manufacture; flat; measuring 43. 73 mm x 43. 71 mm; weighing 19. 5 grams; better than very fine condition with some light paint wear on the swastika.