Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac was a merit award for

was a merit award for flying service awarded by the United Kingdom between 1942 and 1994

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arriving in Canada a week later

measuring 120 mm x 33 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac was a merit award for(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergre). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked but