Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class, by Eugen Schmidthaussler, Pforzheim

(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of “1939”, unmarked, accompanied by its package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior bearing a maker’s mark of “Eugen Schmidthaussler, Pforzheim”, near mint condition.