as well as a size mark of “58”
including shoulder board cyphers and buttons
very light soiling on the underside of the belt
the lid bearing a silver number “25” within a cogwheel
meeting functional bronze buckles for adjustable suspension
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords and Award Document to Unteroffizier Franz Kern, Stalag 387 Province of China as well as a size(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Verleihungsurkunde). 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, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 41 for Gebrder Bender, Oberstein, measuring 46. 68 mm (w) x 48. 36 mm (h), weighing