Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant visually-hidden 1950 and 1950 and July

1950 and 1950 and July 27

some having been worn

for Roeux campaign

It was the second infantry battalion (after the 17th) of ten to be raised in Nova Scotia during the war

the left one with a reinforced buttonhole and button closure

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant visually-hidden 1950 and 1950 and July(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