Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class Newly Listed stamped "BS 60" ("BS" indicating

stamped "BS 60" ("BS" indicating the manufacturer

each with two flaps that are punctured at the tips to allow a drawstring to be threaded through them

circumscribed by FÜR ÖSTERREICH (FOR AUSTRIA)

shoe cleaning utensils

gave us what clothes they could and finally got us back to our base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class Newly Listed stamped "BS 60" ("BS" indicating(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 28 mm (w) x 48. 65 mm (h), weighing 18. 9 grams, in near extremely fine condition.