Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords Auction The motto of the Order

The motto of the Order is "Imperatricis auspiciis" (Latin for "Under the auspices of the Empress")

New Guinea (code named Fall River)

2) Black (3rd Class) Imperial German wound badge for servicemen wounded once or twice by hostile action

(Franz Joseph Orden

Sträuber then became a POW in Norway

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords Auction The motto of the Order(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, unmarked, measuring 48. 09 mm (w) x 49. 06 mm (h), weighing 23. 4 grams, in extremely fine condition.