Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case United Republic of dated January 1944)

dated January 1944)

demonstrating minor surface chipping to the enamels

at the age of 83 or 84 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Freedom

slight enamel flaking to the right arm

While in Siberia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case United Republic of dated January 1944)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). 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 49. 01 mm (w) x 49. 15 mm (h), weighing 19. 5 grams, accompanied by a period and privately