each with two flaps that are punctured at the tips to allow a drawstring to be threaded through them
stamped "BS 60" ("BS" indicating the manufacturer
LAING'S NEK (23193 A/BMBR
unmarried at time of issue
1945 and awarded to officers in the Peoples Army or of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for singular merit
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class Newly Listed each with two flaps that(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 28 mm (w) x 48. 65 mm (h), weighing 18. 9 grams, in near extremely fine condition.