Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Replaced Frame, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive encompassed by a laurel wreath

encompassed by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom and topped with a crown

Unwin was posted for seven days to HMS Waxwing

Cross In silver and enamels

and received promotion to temporary Brigadier-General while commander of the troops in Ceylon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Replaced Frame, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive encompassed by a laurel wreath(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 16 for Steinhauer & Lck,