Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive the reverse of each with

the reverse of each with a white cotton strap

and who concluded that

and the Coast Guard Cross (Coast Guard)

SEBASTOPOL (silver

as well as a destroyed plane falling to the ground

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive the reverse of each with(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 block hinge emanating from an oval plate and a banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch similarly emanating from an oval plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for a controversial variation now