A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By An Unknown Maker Auction One of the shoes had

One of the shoes had struck the peg and rebounded

40 mm wide hole cut out of the left sleeve near the seam and one small hole on the right shoulder

four push pins on the reverse

with Oak Leaves device on ribbon (for more then three wounds)

He was also awarded the India General Service Medal with North West Frontier clasp while with the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot

A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By An Unknown Maker Auction One of the shoes hadA textbook Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension marked 17 (an unknown maker); with a correct full length replacement ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with 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. 18 mm x 48. 16