with attractive dark patina from age
measuring 32 mm (w) x 370 mm (l)
The recipient is Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) Gottlieb Czech
inscribed "CRESCENTI ADMILITIAE DECUS NOBILITATI" above and "PALAESTRA EXAEDIFICATA M DCC LXVIIII" below
Gerth served with the 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia
Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Ns-Hago Badge Auction with attractive dark patina from(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Abzeichen). A pair of decorations, including: 1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a period original but mis matched War Merit Cross 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