Identifier
2011-07-0072-01
2011-07-0072-02
2011-07-0072-02
Title
German Merit Cross (Second Class)
Type
Medal
Description
Bronze coloured cross with circular centre - swastika on one side and ' 1939 ' on the other. Central vertical stripe of blue with red and white both sides .
Leather covered case with mock tortoiseshell patterning . Decorative gold finishing (upper shell). Inner case: cream velvet - like material (lower shell), cream silk - like material (upper shell). Textile and metal hinge and metal clasp.
Leather covered case with mock tortoiseshell patterning . Decorative gold finishing (upper shell). Inner case: cream velvet - like material (lower shell), cream silk - like material (upper shell). Textile and metal hinge and metal clasp.
Coverage
1939
Medium
Metal alloy with textile ribbon, mixed composition textile case
Format
106 x 49 x 5
75 x 75 x 19 ( closed )mm
75 x 75 x 19 ( closed )mm
Provenance
Donated by Norm Grinyer [?]
Date
Second World War, 1939-1945
Audience
Case 55
Date Created
13/08/2012