Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Auction Archive 6 mm (w) x 228

6 mm (w) x 228

Private Sweeney suffered a Gun Shot Wound (Shrapnel) to his right chest during the Battle of Passchendaele (AKA Third Battle of Ypres) on October 31

measuring 45 mm x 38 mm

35 - The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: The Medal of the Order

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

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Auction Archive 6 mm (w) x 228(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