Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed silver casing

silver casing

with a brown leather tab

original engraved naming "79626994 MCPL BG WALSH" had been crossed out by the use of a series of X's

Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant) Franzisket was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 July for 22 victories in 204 missions

the reverse bears the mirror of the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed silver casing(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