Prussia, State. A Schinckel Iron Cross 1914 Second Class And Hindenburg Cross With Swords Medal Bar Auction inscribed "VIRIBUS UNITIS" and flanked

inscribed "VIRIBUS UNITIS" and flanked by oak leaves below

In the fall of 1938 he was acting as a Stuka Pilot on board the Air Craft Carrier “Graf Zeppelin”

apparently unconscious

the German Army introduced eyeglasses with short arms ending in cotton or elastic tapes which fitted around the wearer's ears

light flaking in the enamels on the bottom arm of the reverse

Prussia, State. A Schinckel Iron Cross 1914 Second Class And Hindenburg Cross With Swords Medal Bar Auction inscribed "VIRIBUS UNITIS" and flankedA Prussian medal ribbon bar with an Iron Cross 1914 Second Class, and a Hindenburg Cross with Swords; the Schinckel Iron Cross 1914 Second Class consisting of a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a