Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of died on November 27

died on November 27

1913 in Menton on the French Riviera and was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral

instituted on 3 August 1832

After the campaign in Southern Poland

XVI - The Siege of Lens

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of died on November 27(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 revere with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams,