Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive measuring 90 mm (w) x

measuring 90 mm (w) x 90 mm (l) x 40 mm (h)

Five Austrian & German Awards - mounted Austrian style (iron cross

the 20th of April 1943

with sequins placed above the equal sign and after the "R" before "DI PALMA"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive measuring 90 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 56 mm (w) x 48. 13 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, demonstrating minor loss of silver finish