A Ground Found Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Für Heeresbedarf certificate_of_authenticity She joined the 4th Destroyer

She joined the 4th Destroyer Flotilla on completion and served with the Grand Fleet on the outbreak of the First World War

Two accompanying ribbon bars

shortly after the war

the silvering on the buckle remaining intact

from which three of the squadrons were selected)

A Ground Found Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Für Heeresbedarf certificate_of_authenticity She joined the 4th DestroyerA fine quality ground found Iron Cross 1939 Second Class (Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse); silver frame with a blackened magnetic core; uniquely, the frame swollen over part of the swastika (Hakenkreuz) possibly due to being in the ground; on loop for suspension (marked 23 for Arbeitsgemeinschaft fr Heeresbedarf in der Graveur und Ziselierung, Berlin; accompanied by a shortened period original ribbon; measuring 42. 88 mm x 42. 56 mm; weighing 17. 7 grams;