Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class by the Disputed Maker “138” United Republic of with related stickpin miniature

with related stickpin miniature

Civil and Military

of superb quality manufacture and extremely fine condition

Footnote: Louis Creswicke

later achieving the rank of First Lieutenant with the Army Air Corps and the Army (April 1944 - September 1953)

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class by the Disputed Maker “138” United Republic of with related stickpin miniatureA fine example of an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class by the disputed maker 138. (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse) Reinstituted September 1st, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver on a fixed loop and ring for suspension, 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