Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Auction Army Infantry collar tabs

Army Infantry collar tabs

Instituted on 15 November 1912

the cross and the date appear to have been attempted to be repainted

Footnote: The Unqualified Air Gunners and Flight Engineers Badge was introduced on April 25

repeated Nuremburg stamps on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Auction Army Infantry collar tabs(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 71 for Rudolf Leukert, Gablonz, measuring 48. 15 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing