each ray ending in a triprong
Despite conflicts with the rival monarchic Chetnik movement
during successful attacks against one enemy Kongo Class battleship and one enemy patrol vessel
all with button down flaps with reinforced button holes and small bronze buttons bearing crossed swords
with the Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 surmounted by the Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class 1939
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle Newly Listed each ray ending in a(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 18 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 19. 1 grams, with loss of