A Mint Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Boutonniere Archive Green oxidation and surface wear

Green oxidation and surface wear evident on the hardware and insignia

in stamped painted aluminum

since the M40 did not feature rear suspender straps as issued with the M40 pants (Tropenhose)

Suspended from an ornate

his Royal Canadian Air Force Certificate of Service (dated August 24

A Mint Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Boutonniere Archive Green oxidation and surface wearAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (marked 25 for Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur Gold und Silberschmiede Hanau); with its mint and unissued period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution