Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By A. Scholze Of Grünwald GTRexclude on its original triangular peacetime

on its original triangular peacetime ribbon

the last being the 7th Company of Panzer Regiment 3 of the 2nd Panzer Division

the regiment was sent to Italy

encircled by a red enamel ring bearing the inscription in gilt letters “Patriae Ac Humanitati” (Fatherland and Humanity)

his Canadian Pay Book (cloth cover

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By A. Scholze Of Grünwald GTRexclude on its original triangular peacetimeAn example of a War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern) in its packet of issue; Maltese cross in bronze alloy; on loop for suspension from its period original full size 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