A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords In Its Packet Of Issue United Republic of maker marked M 1/72 and

maker marked M 1/72 and RZM

two leaves

he was transferred to the 3rd Infantry Battalion on November 12th and entered the French theatre

but later that same year switched to the Freiwillige Arbeitsdienst (voluntary labour service)

A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords In Its Packet Of Issue United Republic of maker marked M 1/72 andA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a shortened period original ribbon with small holes from previous attachment via a safety pin; the obverse pebbled, with 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;