Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold Lüdenscheid (RZM M9/60)” on reverse

Lüdenscheid (RZM M9/60)” on reverse

the tip of his right boot broken off and having been lost to time

" (Rudolf Souval

Order was instituted in 1963

By the second day

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold Lüdenscheid (RZM M9/60)” on reverse(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter). A Maltese cross in tombak; on loop for suspension marked 1 for Deschler & Sohn manufacture; with an absolutely mint period original ribbon; 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; measuring 48. 54 mm x 48. 18