Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot Of Unissued War Merit Crosses, II Class, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of 1971 at Queen Mary Veterans

1971 at Queen Mary Veterans Hospital in Montreal

A bottle is such a dangerous thing to pack in one's knapsack that as a rule we fill our fountain pens and keep them for addressing envelopes or writing important field messages

diagonal pinback (slightly bent)

minor chipping evident in white enamels on the reverse of 9 o'clock arm

the obverse depicting a rightward facing bust of Franz Joseph I circumscribed by name and title

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot Of Unissued War Merit Crosses, II Class, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of 1971 at Queen Mary Veterans(Kriegsverdienstkreuze II. Klasse). A lot of ten unissued War Merit Crosses, II Class, each constructed of bronze, all consisting of Maltese Crosses with pebbled arms, bearing obverse central wreathed mobile swastikas, bearing reverse central wreathed dates of 1939, all secreted within period original issue packages, constructed of light brown paper stock, each bearing an exterior inscription of KRIEGS VERDIENSTKREUZ 2. KLASSE OHNE SCHWERTER and maker