Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity both items just above the

both items just above the right breast pocket

when it became part of an all-German army

Original ribbon with silver five year service bar

April 1879-January 1880

discreetly hidden under a flap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity both items just above the(Kriegsverdienstkreuze). A pair of War Merit Crosses, including a II Class Cross with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 73 mm (w) x 48. 08 mm (h), weighing 21. 4 grams, in extremely fine