Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction and to bolster civilian morale

and to bolster civilian morale was set up

A Canadian DFC Group for Sinking Enemy Vessels in South China Sea - Distinguished Flying Cross

surrounded by compass points and the inscription "UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE"

It is hollow on the reverse and measures 94 mm in diameter It is maker marked on the reverse (illegible) and features a wall-mounting hook

71 mm (w) x 54

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction and to bolster civilian morale(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse). A ross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked, but not fully legible; suspended from its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring