Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Cross Newly Listed the exterior of the lid

the exterior of the lid embossed with the SS runes in silver

the border in rolled blackened wire

marked “26” on the reverse for “B

Winter retired as a Brigadier-General in 1921 and died on 21 October 1946

Knee has been giving trouble only once

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Cross Newly Listed the exterior of the lid(Kriegsverdienstkreuze). A pair of War Merit Crosses, including a II Class Cross with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 73 mm (w) x 48. 08 mm (h), weighing 21. 4 grams, in extremely fine