Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive dated 27 November 1942 for

dated 27 November 1942 for a wound suffered on 17 November

The blade's obverse ricasso is maker marked "A

Instituted 1808

the bottom bears the text ULDRAHVA LUGEMINE (THE READING OF ALL THE PEOPLE)

the lid bearing the Socialist Federal Republic coat-of-arms and inscribed "MEDALJA ZA VOJNIČKE ZASLUGE"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive dated 27 November 1942 for(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 49. 04 mm (h), weighing 24. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.