Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister Hold 2nd Lieutenant Cavalry (June 1940)

2nd Lieutenant Cavalry (June 1940)

Military Karl Friedrich Merit Order is much scarcer in silver gilt then in Gold

Pembroke on March 26

Auflage (Dutch Army

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister Hold 2nd Lieutenant Cavalry (June 1940)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 20 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 47. 75 mm (h), weighing 16. 7 grams, accompanied by its period