Germany, Third Reich. A Lapland and Murmansk Arctic Operations Cross Province of China each of the four arms

each of the four arms of the star with thirteen faceted rays

raised platform with a black velvet recessed medal bed

weighing 20

circumscribed by inscription “EINNAHME VON KRETA

consisting of a red and white base

Germany, Third Reich. A Lapland and Murmansk Arctic Operations Cross Province of China each of the four arms(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