Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case Buy Now When the case was opened

When the case was opened it was found to contain explosives

beside that is a loop constructed of the same silver/aluminum tresse

unmarked but known to have been by Hemsley due to the voided areas on either side of the stem of the maple leaf

36 mm (h - inclusive of trophy of arms)

a crewman of the blockade runner MS Roda

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Privately-Commissioned Case Buy Now When the case was opened(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 49. 01 mm (w) x 49. 15 mm (h), weighing 19. 5 grams, accompanied by a period and privately