A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold WWI Commemorative Cross 1916- 1918

WWI Commemorative Cross 1916- 1918

carrying out missions in the Greek islands

having won prizes at Bisley

after having successfully completed his Lieutenant's Course at Greenwich

5 mm Ribbon Bars

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold WWI Commemorative Cross 1916- 1918A Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed brass Buntmetall; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original 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 the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48. 56 mm