Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant GTRexclude The March to the Rhine

The March to the Rhine

consisting of an eight-pointed radiant star with a double-overlaid sunburst pattern

A four-place medal bar

when he enlisted in the fledgling Luftwaffe

his citation stating: "The President of the United States of America

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant GTRexclude The March to the Rhine(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