Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords and Award Document to Unteroffizier Franz Kern, Stalag 387 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic as presented here with his

as presented here with his WWI pair

Zaire (now Congo)

Badge in silvered and enameled bronze

the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a gilt profile of Duke Albert III

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords and Award Document to Unteroffizier Franz Kern, Stalag 387 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic as presented here with his(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Verleihungsurkunde). 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, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 41 for Gebrder Bender, Oberstein, measuring 46. 68 mm (w) x 48. 36 mm (h), weighing