the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by an exquisite green enameled oak leaf wreath
meeting functional bronze buckles for adjustable suspension
A post mordem examination showed that
as well as a size mark of “58”
including shoulder board cyphers and buttons
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords and Award Document to Unteroffizier Franz Kern, Stalag 387 Province of China the obverse with white enameled(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