Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, with Award Document to Obergefreiter Gerhard Kunik visually-hidden below is a banner inscribed

below is a banner inscribed with “Meine Ehre heißt Treue” (Loyalty is my Honour)

The Cross was issued in 1926

demonstrating some loss of silver finish to the obverse

dark patina around the exterior and rim

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, with Award Document to Obergefreiter Gerhard Kunik visually-hidden below is a banner inscribed(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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,