A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude Bowditch Grammar School and Salem

Bowditch Grammar School and Salem High School

four small rivets on reverse

with a strip of copper between the two with brass buckles symbolic of the leather strap that rests upon an officer's visor

Treibstoffwerke AG fuel company to Director Berthold Ottens

some are lightly soiled

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude Bowditch Grammar School and SalemA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed alloy; 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. 83 mm x 49. 19