Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity 48th Battery

48th Battery

measuring 47 mm x 45 mm

numbered "137083" on the reverse

1912” (“FOR WORKS OF BROTHERLY LOVE

78 mm x 92 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity 48th Battery(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 13 mm (w) x