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

deterioration of most of the decals

the reverse of each with a white cotton strap

Sergeant Duncan Grant is listed on both the Waterloo Roll and the Military General Service Roll

All suspended from a 120 mm-long zink alloy bar with a horizontal pinback and white rayon reverse liner

and the Coast Guard Cross (Coast Guard)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive deterioration of most of the(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