A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords With Its Matching Medal Ribbon Bar Auction After embarkation leave

After embarkation leave

Scotland on March 4

arriving ten days later on the 19th

intact iron core

where it remained until July 1944

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords With Its Matching Medal Ribbon Bar Auction After embarkation leaveA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; bronzed maltese cross; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a period original 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 47. 40 mm x 47. 49 mm; weighing