Germany, Third Reich. A Lapland and Murmansk Arctic Operations Cross Province of China with “Kriegsverdiesntkreuz 2

with “Kriegsverdiesntkreuz 2

consisting of a red and white base

circumscribed by inscription “EINNAHME VON KRETA

above banner inscribed with SS motto “Meine Ehre heißt Treue” (“My Honour is Loyalty”)

Germany, Third Reich. A Lapland and Murmansk Arctic Operations Cross Province of China with “Kriegsverdiesntkreuz 2(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