Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, with Award Document to Obergefreiter Gerhard Kunik

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a 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 “4” for Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid, measuring 44.42 mm (w) x 48.60 mm (h), weighing 18.0 grams, demonstrating spillover of black paint possibly indicating core refurbishment, in extremely fine condition, accompanied by a mis-matched package of issue, constructed of slate-grey paper stock, the exterior bearing an inscription of “EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE 1939” and a maker’s mark of “JAKOB BENGEL, OBERSTEIN”, measuring 105 mm (w) x 130 mm (h), demonstrating some fading, in near extremely fine condition, also accompanied by its award document, named to “OBERGEFREITEN GERHARD KUNIK” of Flak-Regiment 32, issued at divisional headquarters on 8 March 1944, certified by the handwritten signature of an unidentified Oberst and Divisional Commander, measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), with a single folding crease, in near extremely fine condition.