Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class United Republic of Three weeks previous to Jenks'

Three weeks previous to Jenks' departure for France

one depicting a group of EM/NCOs with an officer

Type I with 1914-1916 (in bronze

The Awards of Otto Maashoff

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class United Republic of Three weeks previous to Jenks'(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 28 mm (w) x 48. 65 mm (h), weighing 18. 9 grams, in near extremely fine condition.