Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity including running marks and oxidation

including running marks and oxidation of the blade

he participated in the invasion of Southern France

numbered "137083" on the reverse

IX - Operations in the Kurram District

48th Battery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity including running marks and oxidation(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 13 mm (w) x