Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Awards for Customs and Second World War Service, with Matching Ribbon Bar Buy Now in order to concentrate on

in order to concentrate on publishing and historical research

with some of the black paint chipped on the left arm

with small tears to the left and lower edges

reverse with a personalized inscription in black ink and dated "1916"

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Awards for Customs and Second World War Service, with Matching Ribbon Bar Buy Now in order to concentrate on(Auszeichnungen). A pair of awards, including: 1 A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 52. 52 mm (w) x 52. 65 mm (h), weighing 21. 0 grams, in near