Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document and Memorial Photo, to Unteroffizier WIlhelm Baarck consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It measures 108 mm in

It measures 108 mm in diameter and retains an original distribution label marked “S-FILTEREINSATZ FÜR DEN ZIVILEN LUFTSCHUTZ” (“S-FILTER CARTRIDGE FOR THE CIVILIAN AIR PROTECTION”)

and pebbled red enamels

or to those who have exemplified outstanding merits

the edges of the straps trimmed on three sides in red felt

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document and Memorial Photo, to Unteroffizier WIlhelm Baarck consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It measures 108 mm in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde und Foto). 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