An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Matching Boutonniere Archive effective April 15

effective April 15

41 mm x 108 mm each

but typical badge by "Forster & Barth" manufacture

Although struck off strength of the Overseas Forces of Canada

reverse inscribed "VERLIEHEN VOM PREUSSISCHEN LANDES-FEUERWEHR VERBAND" (Awarded by the Prussian State Firefighters Association) surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Matching Boutonniere Archive effective April 15An Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its unissued 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 49. 22 mm x 43. 82