Original Set of Two German WWII War Merit Cross KvK 1st Class Awards - One With Swords & One Without 19th Century The elastic still has a

The elastic still has a lot of spring

indicating their role

Officially termed the Feuerlöschwesen Verdienstkreuz (Fire Extinguishing Cross of Merit)

near Seattle

1944 after a few months of the long missions against German oil and industrial targets the 44th began a few days of practicing the dropping of supplies from low level

Original Set of Two German WWII War Merit Cross KvK 1st Class Awards - One With Swords & One Without 19th Century The elastic still has aOriginal Items: One Set of Two Available. This is a very nice set of two War Merit Cross KvK 1st Class Awards in Silver, one with swords (for combat) and one without. The example with swords was manufactured by Steinhauer & Lck of Ldenscheid, a city with a major garment accessories industry. This early war example in zinc alloy has a lovely patina, though it has lost almost all of the original silver wash, which is common. There are sharp details to