A War Merit Cross Second Class With Packet Archive There are very faint scratches

There are very faint scratches overall

Charles King / No

the USS Niagara

Dorothy Jean Jones and Betty Lou Jones

In his Department of Veterans Affairs Report

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Packet Archive There are very faint scratchesTombac, 49 mm, independent original ribbon, all traces of bronzing is gone due to extensive corrosion, as found. Wrapped in tissue paper, in its paper packet of issue, inscribed in black ink "Kriegs=Berdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter" on the front panel, the maker's identification having been cut out of the back panel, separation evident on two sides, lightly soiled, undulated, packet fair.