A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude and silver hallmarked on pins

and silver hallmarked on pins

Bowditch Grammar School and Salem High School

four small rivets on reverse

with a strip of copper between the two with brass buckles symbolic of the leather strap that rests upon an officer's visor

subsequently treated and released

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude and silver hallmarked on pinsA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed alloy; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original 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 48. 83 mm x 49. 19