Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case Newly Listed with matt finish

with matt finish

Order of the Iron Crown - Third Class with War Decoration

at the age of 29 and is buried at Caix British Cemetery

PFORZHEIM/BADEN” and period handwritten inscriptions

also including a postcard depicting a Yugoslav vessel with cattle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case Newly Listed with matt finish(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