Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case Newly Listed 49 mm (w) x 61

49 mm (w) x 61

where he was discharged from active service on December 21

He was to see his final transfer on August 28

surrounded by a ring bearing the legend “République Française”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case Newly Listed 49 mm (w) x 61(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 49. 01 mm (w) x 49. 15 mm (h), weighing 19. 5 grams, accompanied by a period and privately