Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Auction Soon he also joined the

Soon he also joined the Freikorps and took part in the Kapp Putsch and other battles between military and communist factions that were convulsing Germany

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A third reich period NSV (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt/National Socialist People’s Welfare) Freie Schwesternschaft badge

1 mm (w) x 66 mm (h - inclusive of ring suspension)

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Auction Soon he also joined theA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronze alloy; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a period original ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and 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; measuring 48. 81 mm (w) x 48. 45