Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Richard Jones

Richard Jones

indicating period application

superimposed over a cross

the obverse consisting of eight oak leaves joined at the bottom by a ribbon

British War Medal (M2-100136 PTE

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Richard Jones(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 72 mm (w) x 48. 72 mm (h), weighing 16. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.