Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class, by Friedrich Orth Hold constructed of fine quality field

constructed of fine quality field gray wool

Award document for Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 (Leutnant Fritz Karch)

each constructed of saddle-brown wool with a rigid card stock core and topped by a four bands of silver aluminum wire piping

Breast Star: An eight-pointed silver star base with a gilt reverse

1954) and Award Documentation

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class, by Friedrich Orth Hold constructed of fine quality field(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 33 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h), weighing 21. 0 grams, accompanied by its package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior bearing a makers mark of