A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive on a 44 mm pin

on a 44 mm pin

as well as countless depictions of swords and daggers for reference

In brass gilt on bronze

This citation states that it was awarded to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Ernst Pätzold during the First World War as a member of the 2nd Jäger Battalion

a captured flag on a flagpole with two ribbons attached lying under the lion

A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive on a 44 mm pinA completely mint and unissued example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a completely unused period original ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with 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