Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Grossmann & Co. Hold A Second Empire Legion D'Honneur

A Second Empire Legion D'Honneur in Gold - Knight

Oberfeldwebel Ernst Kruse (black and white

After various training stops in Toronto

dated 1925

in patinated silver (very scarce miniature)

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Grossmann & Co. Hold A Second Empire Legion D'HonneurKriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension marked 11 for Grossmann & Co., Wien; with its period original replacement 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