Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Hold Third Reich: Faithful Service Decoration

Third Reich: Faithful Service Decoration 2nd Class Cross for 25 Years' Service (silvered bronze and black enamels)

inscribed XXV JÄHRIGE DIENSTZEIT (25 YEARS OF SERVICE)

the reverse is marked with “875” and “NR” and engraved with “J

He returned to California in August 1943

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords And Award Document To Schreibermaat Herbert Krause Hold Third Reich: Faithful Service Decoration(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