A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords United Republic of HOELTER 1958

HOELTER 1958

A 1938/39 WHW (Winterhilfswerk) badge

which granted homeless shelter during the time of his exercise

By that date he had achieved the rank of Feldwebel

1939 NSDAP Bielefeld-Halle Tinnie - In silvered & cast bakelite

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords United Republic of HOELTER 1958A Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed alloy; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and 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. 83 mm x 49. 19