Germany, Customs. A War Merit Cross 2nd Class With Swords Certificate And Accompanying Letter To Customs Assistant Laux Archive Footnote: Wilfred George Mathers was

Footnote: Wilfred George Mathers was born on May 8

accompanied by it’s enamel ribbon bar with button hole backing

a black rectangular centre stone with a band laid diagonally across with a shield of the Grand Masters of the Order of the Teutonic Knights then an inscription “KURLAND” with an elk portrait to the right

with a single gilded aluminum rank pip

overlaid by a gilded initial

Germany, Customs. A War Merit Cross 2nd Class With Swords Certificate And Accompanying Letter To Customs Assistant Laux Archive Footnote: Wilfred George Mathers wasA War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords certificate to Zollassistent (customs assistant) Bernhard Laux, dated to Berlin on 1 September 1941. It carries a facsimile signature of Generalfeldmarschall von Brauchitsch and is signed in blue ink by General Bodewin Keitel (1888 1953), a recipient of the German Cross in Silver. Measuring 147 mm (w) x 210 mm (h), presenting a folding crease and light scuffing of the edges, remains near very fine. The