A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Hold later admitted to No

later admitted to No

for debility

This is the "GEN"" Pamphlet

and approximately 27mm (1 inch) wide

reverse illustrating French troops crossing a bridge with a winged female Victory flying overhead

A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Hold later admitted to NoBronzed tombac, 48 mm, original ribbon, spotting, very light contact ,extremely fine. Accompanied by its paper packet of issue, inscribed in black ink "Kriegs Berdienstkreuz 2: Klasse mit Schwertern" on the front, inscribed in black ink with the "Eugen Schmidhussler, Pforzheim" maker mark on the reverse, both inscriptions in Gothic text, tape repair evident, packet better than very fine.