Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii With Swords And Award Document To Gefreiter Karl Hennig certificate_of_authenticity 5 field gun

5 field gun

He learned to become a technical draftsman before volunteering at age 16 and 10 months for the Waffen-SS in February 1943

000 hours voluntary service during the First World War and who did not receive any British War Medal for services rendered in respect of Red Cross war work

the obverse bearing an RLAD insignia

The interior features a 35 mm-wide sweatband constructed of brown lacquered buckram

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii With Swords And Award Document To Gefreiter Karl Hennig certificate_of_authenticity 5 field gun(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 and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 49. 05 mm (w) x 48. 68 mm (h), weighing 23. 3 grams, some surface oxidation