Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Großmann & Co. Newly Listed 1941 Goebel flew 21 minesweeper

1941 Goebel flew 21 minesweeper missions and destroyed 31 mines in the Black Sea

each perforated at the top with a hole through which is looped a period original drawstring

(Орден Знак Почета)

a textbook example from Dachau factory

MASTER 1901-02

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Großmann & Co. Newly Listed 1941 Goebel flew 21 minesweeper(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, the suspension loop