A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Document To 1./Panzer-Grenadier-Rgt.104, 1945 certificate_of_authenticity with silvered bronze hardware and

with silvered bronze hardware and one identifying stamp on the central panel

The son of Constable William Browne (R

At the outbreak of the First World War

London Gazette 1 January 1951

A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords Document To 1./Panzer-Grenadier-Rgt.104, 1945 certificate_of_authenticity with silvered bronze hardware andInscribed "IM NAMEN DES FHRERS VERLEIHE ICH DEM Obergefreiten Franz Franzmann, 1. Panzer Grenadier Rgt. 104 DAS KREIGSVERDIENSTKREUZ 2. KLASSE MIT SCHWERTERN Div. Gef. Stand, DEN 30. Januar 1945", regimental stamp in black ink at the bottom left, signed in blue ink by the Generalleutnant und Divisionskommandeur (Dienstgard und Dienststellung) at the bottom right, printed in black ink on an off white paper stock, 138 mm x 199 mm, fold marks, very