Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle Auction 2 mm (w) x 13

2 mm (w) x 13 mm (h) ribbon bar with a 13

Major William Lesley Langley - Sepia-toned studio portrait mounted to cardboard

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Latin cross with concave arms in bronze

the Fullsize Gold Grade badge number engraved "4692" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle Auction 2 mm (w) x 13(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 18 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 19. 1 grams, with loss of