Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, Ii Class, And War Merit Cross With Swords Medal Bar certificate_of_authenticity Type III for Finnish Soldiers

Type III for Finnish Soldiers with Rannikkopuolustus (Home Guard) and Crossed Swords Clasps

November 1941

Attached to the ring is a worn but fine condition leather strap with an oval buckle and metal clip

enlisted at age 32 on February 16th 1835 - likely with previous experience with arms

for button-hole wear

Germany, Third Reich. An Iron Cross 1939, Ii Class, And War Merit Cross With Swords Medal Bar certificate_of_authenticity Type III for Finnish Soldiers(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse und Kriegsverdiestkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern) A Second War German medal bar grouping 1) The Iron Cross is a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension, with the 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