A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords In Its Packet Of Issue United Republic of two leaves

two leaves

6mm(w) x 49

cleaned on the obverse

but the Comptroller stated that the granting of land grants had been discontinued to any person who had entered the police force after July 1

A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords In Its Packet Of Issue United Republic of two leavesA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a shortened period original ribbon with small holes from previous attachment via a safety pin; the obverse pebbled, with 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;