Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Archive 36 mm (w) x 53

36 mm (w) x 53

Letter was written by a German prisoner of war at Oran

we had a simple pom-pom mounted on the superstructure overlooking the stern

This is a fine Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Engineer/Pioneer Officer visor cap crafted out of interwar Mützen-Trikot

the BWM is reverse mounted

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Archive 36 mm (w) x 53(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of bronze, 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 48. 48 mm (w) x 49. 05 (h), weighing 20. 0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine condition.