Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Pair of 1939 Iron Cross Award Documents, with II Class Award, to Oberleutnant zur See Otto Keil

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunden). A lot of items to Oberleutnant zur See Otto Keil, including:

1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, 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 “65” for Klein & Quenzer, Idar-Oberstein, measuring 44.42 mm (w) x 47.74 mm (h), weighing 18.4 grams, in extremely fine condition.

2. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class award document, constructed of off-white paper with black ink, named to “OBERLEUTNANT ZUR SEE OTTO KEIL”, issued on board a vessel on 20 April 1944, certified by the handwritten signature of Vizeadmiral Hans Stohwasser (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 30 November 1940), measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

3. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class award document, constructed of off-white paper with black ink, named to Keil and issued on board a vessel on 1 May 1945, certified by the handwritten signature of Vizeadmiral August Thiele (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 18 January 1941; with Oak Leaves, 14 April 1945), measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.