Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed measuring 209x146mm

measuring 209x146mm

Орден за Военна Заслуга

when Hitler named Himmler chief of all German police forces

41 mm x 56 mm

On the night of October 2-3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed measuring 209x146mm(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 50 for maker Karl Gschiermeister, Wien, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 17. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.