A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Hold / Loved and were loved

/ Loved and were loved

returning to the 12th Reserve Battalion before being transferred to the Canadian Army Medical Corps Training School at Cheriton on October 10

WWI New Zealand Rifle Brigade

iron center cracked (as is usually case with these crosses)

he served for one year with the Cadet Corps

A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Hold / Loved and were lovedBronzed 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.