Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive Aurich Dresden" and also marked

Aurich Dresden" and also marked "GES

A Reichsnährstand (RNST) membership badge

including a partially-stripped medal bar

and armed trawlers towed the bulk

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive Aurich Dresden" and also marked(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 13 mm (w) x