A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By An Unknown Maker Newly Listed weighing 50

weighing 50

followed by another transfer to Cowes on the Isle of Wight

arriving in England on the 22nd

Footnote: Artillery Regiment 33 was part of the Army Group Africa

the Italy Star and the War Medal 1939-1945

A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By An Unknown Maker Newly Listed weighing 50A textbook Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension marked 17 (an unknown maker); with a correct full length replacement ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with 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. 18 mm x 48. 16