Germany, Third Reich. A Lapland and Murmansk Arctic Operations Cross GTRexclude above an inscription of “PENINSULA”

above an inscription of “PENINSULA” and dates “1809-1909”

The spine is perforated with two holes at both the front and back

measuring 52 mm x 35 mm

A pair of 1939 Iron Crosses I Class

Germany, Third Reich. A Lapland and Murmansk Arctic Operations Cross GTRexclude above an inscription of “PENINSULA”(Nordfront Kreuz). Constructed of silvered bronze with blue, white, red, and black enamels, consisting of a blue enameled Cross Patte with a central white enameled field bearing the Finnish and National Socialist flag and a Finnish lion, along with the dates 1941 43, with a silvered swastika in the background marked with the territories where fighting took place Ukhtua, Kestinga, Salla, Pechenga, the reverse plain, with a knurled stud for a screwback