Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the blade exhibiting surface wear

the blade exhibiting surface wear at the end where it butts the handle

edge engraved: ARTHUR B

He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander with seniority

oval shaped oak leaf wreath in copperwash feinzink

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the blade exhibiting surface wear(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