Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction 97mm x 128mm

97mm x 128mm

was a German military leader who served in the German Army during the First World War and in the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) during the Second World War

leaving a "large 6" in length scar" but it was also noted that "There is loss of sensation over lesion supplied by ulnar nerve"

attached to a 48 mm long bar

when he was killed by an internal explosion of the vessel in Cromarty Firth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction 97mm x 128mm(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a central date of 1939 inside of an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 96 mm (h), weighing 24. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original pocket of issue, constructed of light brown paper stock,