Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Hold Nicholas Antifaev

Nicholas Antifaev

maker marked with the logo of “Adolf Schwerdt” on the reverse

with land visible in the distance along the horizon as well as towards the left of the painting

he made his first transit of the Panama Canal

scattered silvering wear evident on the Armed Forces awards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Hold Nicholas Antifaev(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from 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 initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked,