A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold as the SS-Julleuchter was considered

as the SS-Julleuchter was considered "non-portable" (much like the Luftwaffe Honor Goblet)

With one strap still secured

west of Cambrai

All of the German youth in the Reich is organized within the Hitler Youth

impressed "2257" on the edge

A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold as the SS-Julleuchter was consideredA 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