A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Archive Issued in the name of

Issued in the name of the Croatian head of state Dr

inscribed in Gothic script "IX Deutsches Turnfest Hamburg 1898" above

marked L/12

also survives

dated October 1

A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Archive Issued in the name ofBronzed tombac, 48 mm, original ribbon, spotting, very light contact ,extremely fine. Accompanied by its paper packet of issue, inscribed in black ink "Kriegs Berdienstkreuz 2: Klasse mit Schwertern" on the front, inscribed in black ink with the "Eugen Schmidhussler, Pforzheim" maker mark on the reverse, both inscriptions in Gothic text, tape repair evident, packet better than very fine.