Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Franz Breuning Auction Archive dual ribbon banner below)

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Germany (Hessen): Military Long Service Cross

aboard the Dutch merchant ship Bontekoe

pushing through Belgium and northern France to the Channel coast

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Franz Breuning Auction Archive dual ribbon banner below)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 49. 22 mm (w) x 50. 03, weighing 21. 0 grams, accompanied by its period origina pocket of issue, constructed of light brown paper stock, the exterior with