Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Wächtler & Lange Archive The HJ-Streifendienst youths worked closely

The HJ-Streifendienst youths worked closely with their adult counterparts in the Geheimestaatspolizei (Gestapo) and the Schutzstaffel (SS)

much resembling Kriegsmarine insignia

In early 1929 the airship made two trips over the Mediterranean

with three of its four plastic buttons intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Wächtler & Lange Archive The HJ-Streifendienst youths worked closely(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 49. 04 mm (h), weighing 24. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.