Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Wächtler & Lange Archive on 39 mm pin)

on 39 mm pin)

During the early morning hours Battery A's defensive position was attacked by a determined North Vietnamese Army infantry unit supported by heavy mortar

The patrols and intelligence platoon patrolled throughout the immediate area around Bessbrook during the dat and at night snuck around the villages

on a fine-link chain with stickpin hook attachment

lesion evident below the right globe on the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Wächtler & Lange Archive on 39 mm pin)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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, the suspension loop maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 49. 04 mm (h), weighing 24. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.