Original German WWII KvK War Merit Cross with Swords Lot - One 1st Class and Two 2nd Class - Kriegsverdienstkreuz U.S. Replica and small tears

and small tears

Upon his retirement

showing just a bit of past oxidation and fouling

The Body is made of green painted leather which is retained quite nicely but there are areas of cracking and color loss

July 4–10

Original German WWII KvK War Merit Cross with Swords Lot - One 1st Class and Two 2nd Class - Kriegsverdienstkreuz U.S. Replica and small tearsOriginal Items: Only One Set of Three Available. This is a very nice lot of War Merit Cross (KvK) with Swords (German: Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern) awards, given for merit directly related to combat. The most common grades we see are the 2nd and 1st Class awards, though there were the lower War Merit Medal and higher Knights Cross of the War Merit cross awards. This set consists of one War Merit Cross 1st Class (KvKI) award and two War Merit