A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive as well as countless depictions

as well as countless depictions of swords and daggers for reference

This citation states that it was awarded to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Ernst Pätzold during the First World War as a member of the 2nd Jäger Battalion

WWI Belgian War Cross - Bronze

the belt with two sliders and measuring 43 mm x 1

A german China Campaign Medal 1900-1901

A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive as well as countless depictionsA completely mint and unissued example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a completely unused period original ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with 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