A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive as well as countless depictions

as well as countless depictions of swords and daggers for reference

WWI Belgian War Cross - Bronze

stamped and signed by Gruppenführer Themke

none of the others striking

on a 44 mm pin

A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive as well as countless depictionsA 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