Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold inscribed "PRESENTED TO" and "FOR

inscribed "PRESENTED TO" and "FOR GALLANT SERVICES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18"

45 mm knurled pin

serving out of Portsmouth and was one of eighty-six members of the Royal Navy who were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Admiralty

traffic on the road was forced to stop

and summer of 1940

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold inscribed "PRESENTED TO" and "FOR(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, presenting as a Maltese Cross, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a wreathed mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, marked 1 on the reverse of the catch for maker Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring