Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Archive centre shows horseman

centre shows horseman

measures 93mm (w) x 165mm (h) x 34mm (d)

White with a strength of 44 officers and 1

After two years in the European theatre of operations

An interesting a group of documents and correspondence to Yugoslavian pilot and First War veteran Janko Markićević

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Archive centre shows horseman(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