A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold on loop for suspension (marked

on loop for suspension (marked “15” for Friedrich Orth of Wien/Vienna)

as they should be

clerk signed

in green metal (magnetic)

then as the first deputy mayor he was responsible for Cultural Affairs

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold on loop for suspension (markedA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct full length replacement ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48.