A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude 35 mm x 115 mm

35 mm x 115 mm

light contact on the buckle with scattered blackening wear

Naming is engraved in italic capitals on the JM and officially impressed on the ED

1940 by a captain of the 20th Reserve Panzer Destroyer Battalion

As Russia's intentions in the region were seen as a major geostrategic threat by the other powers

A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude 35 mm x 115 mmA completely mint and unissued example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a completely unused period original ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with 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