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 5 mm (w) x 78

5 mm (w) x 78 mm (h - inclusive of crown with horizontally pierced ball suspension adorned by cross)

edge engraved: ARTHUR B

He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander with seniority

It was awarded for the creation and promotion of brotherhood and unity at a time when Yugoslavia was occupied by German forces and resistance was divided by politics

(1913-1918)

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 5 mm (w) x 78(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