Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity the regiment took part in

the regiment took part in all the major battles of the North African Campaign including the Relief of Tobruk in November 1941

measuring 71 mm (w) x 131 mm (d) x 30 mm (h)

locations and remark

marked L/11 under catch

a Civil Service 25-Year Long Service Decoration

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity the regiment took part in(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 60 mm (h),