A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive This citation states that it

This citation states that it was awarded to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Ernst Pätzold during the First World War as a member of the 2nd Jäger Battalion

stamped and signed by Gruppenführer Themke

on a 44 mm pin

In brass gilt on bronze

A Mint & Unissued War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive This citation states that itA completely mint and unissued example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a completely unused period original ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring