Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By A. Scholze Of Grünwald Hold with light blue/baby blue Waffenfarbe

with light blue/baby blue Waffenfarbe piping to indicate Turkestan Legion

black machine embroidered eagle on a machine embroidered semi-circular field

At the time of the award

gilt wear evident on the CFD

Miller RGA : Queen

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By A. Scholze Of Grünwald Hold with light blue/baby blue WaffenfarbeAn example of a War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern) in its packet of issue; Maltese cross in bronze alloy; on loop for suspension from its period original full size 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