Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, by Paul Maybauer Auction measuring 128 mm x 103

measuring 128 mm x 103 mm

his father was serving in the Canadian Navy in Halifax aboard H

insignia in bronze gilt with red and white enamels

he was promoted to Acting Staff Sergeant on June 18

which seems in keeping with his steady trend of demotions

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, by Paul Maybauer Auction measuring 128 mm x 103(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked but