A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold but effective control could not

but effective control could not be planned for a painfully simple reason: not enough was known about the habits of whales

in green metal (magnetic)

which had lost Serbia

It then had to retreat to Germany and suffered heavy losses on the way

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords Hold but effective control could notA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct full length 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 numbering; measuring 48.