Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House And Merit Order, Ii Class Honour Cross, C.1900 Hold the War Merit Cross 2nd

the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords on April 20

A grouping of two NSKOV (Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung) membership badges and pins

Commander Robert Bartels of U-197 had radioed a distress signal on 20 August 1943

maker marked RZM “M1/42” (Kerbach & Israel

troops on parade

Oldenburg, Grand Duchy. A House And Merit Order, Ii Class Honour Cross, C.1900 Hold the War Merit Cross 2nd(Haus und Verdienstorden Ehrenkreuze II. Klasse). Instituted 27 November 1838 by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August. (1838 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August, circumscribed by an inscription of EIN GOTT, EIN RECHT, EINE WAHRHEIT (ONE GOD, ONE RIGHTEOUSNESS, ONE TRUTH), the reverse with a