Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Philipp Türk’s Witwe Auction Flanders (Netherlands)

Flanders (Netherlands)

published in London in 1892 by Dean & Son

BALMBERGER NÜRNBERG" on the reverse

Taylor with a strength of 32 officers and 954 other ranks

A 1934 Deutsche Kampfspiele participant’s plaque

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Philipp Türk’s Witwe Auction Flanders (Netherlands)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 38 mm (w) x 48. 82 mm (h), weighing 23. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original package of issue, constructed of light brown paper stock, the obverse