Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive engraved "RALPH W

engraved "RALPH W

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during The War of Independence

rather than on the centerline

plus brownish-green card cover with "DEUTSCHES REICH" and "REISEPASS" flanking the German eagle printed in black ink on the front cover

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive engraved "RALPH W(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integrated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an integrated catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 96 mm (w) x 48. 98 mm (h), weighing 19. 8