Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction the upper and lower arms

the upper and lower arms with two-headed eagle in black (the symbols of the Greek Orthodox Church)

rarest of the variants

No maker mark (as it should be)

Thai maker marked on the pin

Footnote: William MacGowan was born on April 16

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction the upper and lower armsAn Iron Cross 1939 Second Class 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; with its unissued period original ribbon with light red splotches on the reverse; 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 date 1813 in