Germany, Second War. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By S. Jablonski Gmnh Archive 16th Field Company Canadian Engineers

16th Field Company Canadian Engineers

engraver mark to the right of the portrait and inscribed "NICOLAVS COPERNICVS" below

Two of the crew

Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp

on a light blue embroidered background

Germany, Second War. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By S. Jablonski Gmnh Archive 16th Field Company Canadian EngineersA fine example of a rarely encountered Iron Cross 1939 Second Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse) by this maker; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked 128 for S. Jablonski GmnH of Posen; with a fully length correct replacement ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm;