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 45 mm (w) x 47

45 mm (w) x 47

The obverse ricasso incorporates an etched Damascus six-pointed star

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

the edges of the pages with a red and blue speckled design

and pebbled red enamels

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 45 mm (w) x 47(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