A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude that he was Single and

that he was Single and that his trade was that of Mechanic

He studied at Vienna's Technical Military Academy and subsequently (1895–1906) served with the Austrian Army

with a strip of copper between the two with brass buckles symbolic of the leather strap that rests upon an officer's visor

four small rivets on reverse

05mm(height)

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude that he was Single andA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed alloy; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its 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 oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48. 83 mm x 49. 19