Germany, Luftwaffe. An Iron Cross Second Class and Award Document to Unteroffizier Ernst Ulbrich

A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of an Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, the suspension loop maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “40” for Berg & Nolte, Lüdenscheid, measuring 43.52 mm (w) x 47.84 mm (h), weighing 17.2 grams, with some oxidation and loosening of the core evident, in better than very fine condition; accompanied by its award document, named to Unteroffizier Ernst Ulbrich, Luftnachrichten-Regiment 10, issued at headquarters on 24 June 1940, featuring a handwritten signature of a Generalmajor, measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.