Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords certificate_of_authenticity Bronze gilt with red and

Bronze gilt with red and white enamels

With dark yellow embroidered insignia on a blue cotton base

Shoulder boards with double outer silvery braid

and also in the repulse of the grand attack of February 21

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords certificate_of_authenticity Bronze gilt with red andA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; Maltese cross in bronzed zink; 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. 78 mm (w) x 48. 62