A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords With Its Matching Medal Ribbon Bar GTRexclude Sixteenth Training Battalion

Sixteenth Training Battalion

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939

his right hand resting upon a shield set on the ground

5 mm x 96 mm

The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords With Its Matching Medal Ribbon Bar GTRexclude Sixteenth Training BattalionA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed zink; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct replacement 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 oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 49. 12 mm x 49. 58