A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords With Its Matching Medal Ribbon Bar Auction with long period ribbon

with long period ribbon

arriving ten days later on the 19th

where it remained until July 1944

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A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords With Its Matching Medal Ribbon Bar Auction with long period ribbonA 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