Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in top quality

in top quality

Footnote: Arnie Elijah Neilson was a Painter for the Department of Railways and Canals in Moncton

when he enlisted as a Private with the New York Army National Guard at nearby Belfast

the strap unmarked and measuring 46 mm (w) x 108 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in top quality(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 tri fold 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