A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By An Unknown Maker Newly Listed the Italy Star and the

the Italy Star and the War Medal 1939-1945

arriving in England on the 22nd

on loop for suspension (marked “23” for “Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heeresbedarf in der Graveur-und-Ziselierung

he was transferred to Uplands Station on August 4

A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By An Unknown Maker Newly Listed the Italy Star and theA textbook Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension marked 17 (an unknown maker); with a correct full length replacement ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with 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. 18 mm x 48. 16