Original German WWII War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Crossed Swords Pin and Award Document Category_MG 34 Accessories with laurel decoration on copper

with laurel decoration on copper with heavy gilt overlay to the front

and 29th divisions

it appears that the earliest guns may have been chambered for the slightly shorter (and less powerful)

called a nipple

Original German WWII War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Crossed Swords Pin and Award Document Category_MG 34 Accessories with laurel decoration on copperOriginal Items: One of a kind. The War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz) was a decoration of NSDAP Germany during the Second World War, which could be awarded to military personnel and civilians alike. By the end of the war it was issued in four degrees, and had a related civil decoration. It was created by Adolf AH in October 1939 as a successor to the non combatant Iron Cross which was used in earlier wars. The award was graded the same as the Iron