Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold (1266 Cooly Tsa Venkannan Madras

(1266 Cooly Tsa Venkannan Madras Transport Cooly Corps) Naming is engraved in italic script

By the second day

officially impressed: P

Lüdenscheid (RZM M9/60)” on reverse

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold (1266 Cooly Tsa Venkannan Madras(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter). A Maltese cross in tombak; on loop for suspension marked 1 for Deschler & Sohn manufacture; with an absolutely mint period original ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48. 54 mm x 48. 18