Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Province of China and Part Two - The

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Province of China and Part Two - 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