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 edge engraved: ARTHUR B

edge engraved: ARTHUR B

identified as "Field Marshal Commander-in-Chief

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

the blade exhibiting surface wear at the end where it butts the handle

(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 edge engraved: ARTHUR B(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