Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, With Package Of Issue By Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude the leather has become stiff

the leather has become stiff with age however there are no cracks

Three bands of woven red Waffenfarbe piping ring the cap

to Croatian Baron Jelacic

(Issued 1815-1918)

maker marked “OWS” and “Ges

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, With Package Of Issue By Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude the leather has become stiff(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, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, unmarked, measuring 47. 68 mm (w) x 47. 95 mm (h), weighing 22. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original package of issue,