Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider Province of China a silver gilt Maltese cross

a silver gilt Maltese cross with blue enameled arms

Embarked for France that September

A fine early quality textbook example of a Junker J-1 “Pilotenabzeichen”

two with enamels added

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider Province of China a silver gilt Maltese cross(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, the suspension loop