Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Issue Package, by Philipp Türk’s Witwe Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with Bronze Star

with Bronze Star

and married with one child

three of which have faded to a sepia-toned look

War of the Spanish Succession

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, with Issue Package, by Philipp Türk’s Witwe Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with Bronze Star(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 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 49. 79 mm (w) x 50. 09 mm (h), weighing 24. 0 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue,