Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction was a German military leader

was a German military leader who served in the German Army during the First World War and in the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) during the Second World War

with good silver plating

KIA 1916 - GV Memorial Cross (412717 Cpl

97mm x 128mm

10 mm (h - inclusive of crown and horizontally pierced suspension ball with cross)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction was a German military leader(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a central date of 1939 inside of an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 96 mm (h), weighing 24. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original pocket of issue, constructed of light brown paper stock,