Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Grossmann & Co. Hold Oberfeldwebel Ernst Kruse (black and

Oberfeldwebel Ernst Kruse (black and white

2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

dated 1925

killing three and wounding ten men

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Grossmann & Co. Hold Oberfeldwebel Ernst Kruse (black andKriegsverdienstkreuz 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