A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold 63 mm x 89 mm

63 mm x 89 mm inclusive of crown suspension

clerk signed

1944 on Heinrich Himmler’s orders

It then had to retreat to Germany and suffered heavy losses on the way

on loop for suspension (marked “15” for Friedrich Orth of Wien/Vienna)

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold 63 mm x 89 mmA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct full length replacement 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.