Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant GTRexclude measuring 60 mm (w) x

measuring 60 mm (w) x 120 mm (l) x 14 mm (h)

Cottbus” on the edge

the slider on the upper and its adjustable length leather tab on the underside

when he enlisted in the fledgling Luftwaffe

his citation stating: "The President of the United States of America

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant GTRexclude measuring 60 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A textbook example of a Schinkel Form Lug Iron Cross 1939 Second Class. Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its full size period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse