Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive Unteroffizier (NCO) Friedrich Schrader of

Unteroffizier (NCO) Friedrich Schrader of the Flieger-Abteilung (A) 257 (Aviation Detachment) is awarded the Pilot’s Badge

" and noted that his brother was also with the RCAF and that his father had served with the RAF during the First World War

with draw string tie at reverse

The front is completed by a vertical row of four large black plastic buttons illustrating the Royal Australian Air Force eagle surmounted by the King's crown on the right side

measuring 58 mm (w) x 20 mm (h) each

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Auction Archive Unteroffizier (NCO) Friedrich Schrader of(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring 44. 63 mm (w) x 45. 03 mm (h), weighing 18. 9 grams, on loop for suspension from its period