Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive engraved "SVEN R

engraved "SVEN R

with repair to the pinback also apparent

Lüth joined the Reichsmarine in 1933

At the time of its creation the Order was composed of only two grades

FONTAINE 1952"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive engraved "SVEN R(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). 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 of 1813, unmarked, measuring