Germany. A Mint War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords In Its Scarce Ldo Case United Republic of A DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour

A DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German Labour Front) Gau Hessen-Nassau Urlaub am Rhein badge

a stickpin was given along with a full size award

22 of these being day victories against Allied fighters technically far superior to his Bf 110

with document dated March 15 1940

(4th SS Panzer Artillery Regiment

Germany. A Mint War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords In Its Scarce Ldo Case United Republic of A DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront/German LabourA War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronze; on loop for suspension marked 41 for Gebrder Bender, Idar Oberstein an der Nahe; with a mint and unissued period original 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