and then taken on strength in France by the 19th Infantry Battalion on February 15
with unsharpened edges and having a semi-sharp tip
the exterior bearing an inscription of “EHRENKREUZ DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER DRITTE STUFE” (“HONOUR CROSS OF THE GERMAN MOTHER THIRD GRADE”)
the obverse of each bearing machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas
measuring 55 mm x 40 mm
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards Auction Archive and then taken on strength(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 46. 89 mm (w) x 48. 20 mm (h), weighing 17. 5 grams,