Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Auction the bottom aluminum bullion wire

the bottom aluminum bullion wire strip coming away from the body of the armband for approximately 30 mm near the lightly soiled "Gau Köln-Aachen" embroidered type

He was declared wounded

With no significant contact

Instituted on 15 November 1912

the other is die-stamped

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Auction the bottom aluminum bullion wire(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 71 for Rudolf Leukert, Gablonz, measuring 48. 15 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing