Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case Buy Now and marked with a silver

and marked with a silver fineness mark denoting Viennese manufacture

” and  “Photo: War reporter Zschäckel

The blade sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard which bears double-sided central fouled anchors

a crewman of the blockade runner MS Roda

beside that is a loop constructed of the same silver/aluminum tresse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case Buy Now and marked with a silver(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 49. 01 mm (w) x 49. 15 mm (h), weighing 19. 5 grams, accompanied by a period and privately