A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude to take Engineering but enlisted

to take Engineering but enlisted instead

and serves in the 3rd Company of the Landes-Schützen-Bataillon 829 (Homeland Riflemen Battalion)

dated July 24

made of Krupp steel and had been laid down on April 19

2 mm x 92 mm

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude to take Engineering but enlistedA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct full length replacement ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and 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.