Original German WWII War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Named Award Document - KvKII German Navy - Kreigsmarine and likely Bavarian

and likely Bavarian

are located at the top of the front straps

for when their larger percussion revolver ran out of bullets

The Great War erupted in August 1914 and the British were far from ready

even the Kriegsmarine / Navy

Original German WWII War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Named Award Document - KvKII German Navy - Kreigsmarine and likely BavarianOriginal Items: One of a kind. This is a very nice original German WWII War Merit Cross 2nd Class (KvK II), complete with its original named Besittzzeugnis "possession award" certificate. The document measures approximately 8 1 4 x 11 3 4, and is printed on mid weight paper with black print and typed in particulars. The bottom has the correct signatures for the award, and the award itself has been inserted into a slot cut into the document for