Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, With Package Of Issue By Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude maker marked “Holzschnitzerei Menz Kleinsassen

maker marked “Holzschnitzerei Menz Kleinsassen

(Issued 1815-1918)

to Croatian Baron Jelacic

box also better than very fine

Three bands of woven red Waffenfarbe piping ring the cap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, With Package Of Issue By Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude maker marked “Holzschnitzerei Menz Kleinsassen(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, unmarked, measuring 47. 68 mm (w) x 47. 95 mm (h), weighing 22. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original package of issue,