Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Auction Archive with a barrel hinge and

with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch assembly

measuring 45 mm x 38 mm

who had been an instructor at Frederick the Great's (King Frederick II of Prussia) Military School in Berlin and was a friend of the King

when she was reconstituted as a minelayer and training ship

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Auction Archive with a barrel hinge and(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, 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 71 for Rudolf Leukert, Gablonz, measuring 48. 15 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing