Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction serving in an SS Totenkopf

serving in an SS Totenkopf (Death’s Head) Panzer Hunting Division

IIb FE387 he was piloting "spun in after taking a steep turn"

with pin and catch

Strachwitz took part in the campaigns against Poland and France

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction serving in an SS TotenkopfAn 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 (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; 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 raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 44. 10 mm (w) x 44. 04 mm