Original German WWII KvK War Merit Cross with Swords Lot - One 1st Class and Two 2nd Class - Kriegsverdienstkreuz U.S. Replica Upon his retirement

Upon his retirement

This Freiherr Von Stein Pattern Sword is very nice and still would have been worn during the period

and small tears

showing just a bit of past oxidation and fouling

While a prisoner

Original German WWII KvK War Merit Cross with Swords Lot - One 1st Class and Two 2nd Class - Kriegsverdienstkreuz U.S. Replica Upon his retirementOriginal Items: Only One Set of Three Available. This is a very nice lot of War Merit Cross (KvK) with Swords (German: Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern) awards, given for merit directly related to combat. The most common grades we see are the 2nd and 1st Class awards, though there were the lower War Merit Medal and higher Knights Cross of the War Merit cross awards. This set consists of one War Merit Cross 1st Class (KvKI) award and two War Merit