Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class With Swords GTRexclude exposing the underlying white threading

exposing the underlying white threading

and two small buttons on the outside slightly offset to the right

consisting of a double-overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points

with silver gilded rays in each quadrant

maker marked BSW

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class With Swords GTRexclude exposing the underlying white threading(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 79 mm (w) x 48. 55 mm (h), weighing 24. 7 grams, in extremely fine condition.