Germany. An Unissued Third Reich Period War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler Auction SS-Handschar Division 1/SS-Gebirgs- Jäger-Regiment 27

SS-Handschar Division 1/SS-Gebirgs- Jäger-Regiment 27 and SS Regiment Deutschland (1939-41)

having to resort to enlist increasing numbers of younger and older men during the last years of the war

bronze gilt and white enamels

surrounded by the inscription "Bon

Germany. An Unissued Third Reich Period War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler Auction SS-Handschar Division 1/SS-Gebirgs- Jäger-Regiment 27An absolutely mint and unissued example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter, Maltese cross in bronzed alloy; on loop for suspension marked 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen 9; with a mint and unissued 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