the obverse consisting of a central pebbled disc overlaid by a mobile swastika within wheat stalks
and hardening airfields and other facilities to survive a surprise attack
on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon - with three repetition clasps denoting this being the fourth award
three of which have faded to a sepia-toned look
bronze gilt wreath with a silvered bronze bar inscribed "USWV"
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Issue Package, by Philipp Türk’s Witwe Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the obverse consisting of a(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 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. 79 mm (w) x 50. 09 mm (h), weighing 24. 0 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue,