Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle Auction exhibiting chipping in the red

exhibiting chipping in the red and white enamels of the shield on the suspension

Major William Lesley Langley - Sepia-toned studio portrait mounted to cardboard

Then she would walk over to a soldier and earnestly tell him

LAIB / 7531 EISINGEN" (Pforzheim

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle Auction exhibiting chipping in the red(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 18 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 19. 1 grams, with loss of