Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction with good silver plating

with good silver plating

attached to a 48 mm long bar

when he was killed by an internal explosion of the vessel in Cromarty Firth

KIA 1916 - GV Memorial Cross (412717 Cpl

Footnote: Blanchard Bennett was born on October 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction with good silver plating(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a central date of 1939 inside of an oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 96 mm (h), weighing 24. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original pocket of issue, constructed of light brown paper stock,