Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Auction A third reich period NSV

A third reich period NSV (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt/National Socialist People’s Welfare) Freie Schwesternschaft badge

and discontinued in 1944

and copper

He was appointed Lance Corporal on October 1

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Auction A third reich period NSVA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronze alloy; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a period original 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. 81 mm (w) x 48. 45