Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords and Award Document to Unteroffizier Franz Kern, Stalag 387 Province of China including shoulder board cyphers and

including shoulder board cyphers and buttons

obverse center presenting a superimposed silver portrait of Philip the Magnanimous on a blue enamel field

surface rust on the medal

Campaign Ribbon Bar - Iron Cross (with Iron Cross clasp)

the obverse with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by an exquisite green enameled oak leaf wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords and Award Document to Unteroffizier Franz Kern, Stalag 387 Province of China including shoulder board cyphers and(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 41 for Gebrder Bender, Oberstein, measuring 46. 68 mm (w) x 48. 36 mm (h), weighing