Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Immediately above the shako plate

Immediately above the shako plate is a cockade

Inset into the obverse post-manufacture is a coppered bronze insignia consisting of a raised Slovak Cross

presumably for actions during the taking of Sevastopol

1911 to October 12

the steel pommel designed with a flare end with knob and housing the mortise to receive the rifle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Immediately above the shako plate(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 31 mm (w) x 47. 81 mm (h), weighing 21. 4 grams, accompanied by its mis matched package of issue,