Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction Department of the Somme

Department of the Somme

named to Gefreiter Max Berger

with loops at either end

whose column went to the relief of Battleford

it was used instead for anti-Partisan operations in the territory of the NDH until the end of the war

Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction Department of the Somme(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse) Issued 1914 1918. A cross pattee constructed of darkened bronze; the obverse inscribed EA for Ernst August, with a raised royal crown on the12 oclock arm and dated 1914 on the 6 oclock arm, the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (For Merit at War), measuring 30. 21 mm (w) x 34. 46 mm (h), with loop for suspension, very fine.