Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed measuring 38 mm (w) x

measuring 38 mm (w) x 43 mm (h) inclusive of loop

He subsequently served in No

printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Eyre and Spottiswoode

He signed his Attestation Paper on January 18

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed measuring 38 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 10 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 60 mm (w) x 48. 50 mm (h), weighing 23. 7 grams, in