A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords With Its Matching Medal Ribbon Bar Archive 2nd Class - Gilded tombac

2nd Class - Gilded tombac

excellent patina

The blue enameling is solidly in place within the gold frame with only minor loss at the centre obverse

along with nine brass eyelets embedded into the black velvet on the reverse

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords With Its Matching Medal Ribbon Bar Archive 2nd Class - Gilded tombacA 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