Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of XVI - The Siege of

XVI - The Siege of Lens

1913 in Menton on the French Riviera and was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral

with thirteen white stars arranged in the pattern that appears on the Great Seal of the United States

After the campaign in Southern Poland

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of XVI - The Siege of(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 revere with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams,