A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude 161 mm x 211 mm

161 mm x 211 mm

1940 by a captain of the 20th Reserve Panzer Destroyer Battalion

the clip at the opposite end riveted in place

light contact on the buckle with scattered blackening wear

As the war wound to a close

A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude 161 mm x 211 mmA completely mint and unissued example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a completely unused 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; measuring