Germany. A Mint War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords In Its Scarce Ldo Case United Republic of 22 of these being day

22 of these being day victories against Allied fighters technically far superior to his Bf 110

3) A DRL (German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) membership badge

the Nazi Party youth movement

(4th SS Panzer Artillery Regiment

a stickpin was given along with a full size award

Germany. A Mint War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords In Its Scarce Ldo Case United Republic of 22 of these being dayA War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronze; on loop for suspension marked 41 for Gebrder Bender, Idar Oberstein an der Nahe; with a mint and unissued period original ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and 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