A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold on loop for suspension (marked

on loop for suspension (marked “15” for Friedrich Orth of Wien/Vienna)

It then had to retreat to Germany and suffered heavy losses on the way

63 mm x 89 mm inclusive of crown suspension

1944 on Heinrich Himmler’s orders

then as the first deputy mayor he was responsible for Cultural Affairs

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold on loop for suspension (markedA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct full length replacement 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 48.