A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude Treibstoffwerke AG fuel company to

Treibstoffwerke AG fuel company to Director Berthold Ottens

with a strip of copper between the two with brass buckles symbolic of the leather strap that rests upon an officer's visor

some are lightly soiled

An early example of a “Zerstörerkriegsabzeichen”

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude Treibstoffwerke AG fuel company toA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed alloy; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its 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. 83 mm x 49. 19