A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class Without Swords Its Packet Of Issue By Wilhelm Deumer Auction and in 1915 posted to

and in 1915 posted to the General Staff of the 19th Reserve Infantry Division

Demjansk shield without prongs and backing

in die pressed aluminum

1 ADVANCED SECTION / PRINTED BY ARMY PRINTING & STATIONERY SERVICES" on the reverse

Footnote: This medal was instituted on November 21

A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class Without Swords Its Packet Of Issue By Wilhelm Deumer Auction and in 1915 posted toA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; bronzed maltese cross; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a mint 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 48. 55 mm x 48. 30 mm; weighing 18. 5 grams. Accompanied by its