Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords and Award Document to Unteroffizier Franz Kern, Stalag 387 Archive Stitched onto the peak of

Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia consisting of a green rayon trapezoid bearing a machine-embroidered Bundeswehr-style tricolour cockade above a coat of arms

Hospital Arques with laryngitis

with an award date of “AM 4

(Luftwaffe Ärmelband Geschwader Hindenburg für Mannschaften)

the base incorporating a raised platform in olive green felt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords and Award Document to Unteroffizier Franz Kern, Stalag 387 Archive Stitched onto the peak of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, 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 41 for Gebrder Bender, Oberstein, measuring 46. 68 mm (w) x 48. 36 mm (h), weighing