Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant GTRexclude " and engraved in running

" and engraved in running script "Awarded First / to Gordon Hudson / Senior Class Athletic Meet / Montgomery Y

the ring itself measuring 22

consisting of an eight-pointed radiant star with a double-overlaid sunburst pattern

A four-place medal bar

Cottbus” on the edge

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross II. Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant GTRexclude " and engraved in running(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A textbook example of a Schinkel Form Lug Iron Cross 1939 Second Class. Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its full size period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse