Germany, Luftwaffe. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, With Award Document, By Klein & Quenzer Hold The prisoners were forced to

The prisoners were forced to do hard manual labour under difficult and brutal conditions with a completely inadequate diet

The Army Commendation Medal is awarded to American and foreign military personnel in the grade of O-6 (Colonel in the U

but later that year

reinforced with gilded bronze eyelets

the obverse with an oval oak leaf border

Germany, Luftwaffe. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, With Award Document, By Klein & Quenzer Hold The prisoners were forced to(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 95 mm (w) x 48. 45 mm (h), weighing 18. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original