Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords Auction Archive overall length 72mm (or 3

overall length 72mm (or 3 inches)

Nine months after his heroics at Passchendaele

complete with its period-original ribbon with a horizontal pinback attached to the end of the ribbon

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Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords Auction Archive overall length 72mm (or 3An example of a War Merit Cross Second Class without Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter); Maltese cross in bronzed metal alloy; on loop for suspension (unmarked) from its period original ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering;