Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Obergefreiter Walter Weisener Archive He was taken prisoner by

He was taken prisoner by enemy forces and held as a Prisoner of War from December 11

vertical banjo-style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch

measuring 142 mm (w) x 200 mm (h)

he entered the French theatre on April 16

named to "Pte

Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Obergefreiter Walter Weisener Archive He was taken prisoner byA grouping of three Third Reich German awards with award documents to Walter Weisener, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted October 18th, 1939 (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, with a fixed loop and ring for suspension, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed