Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The Japanese hauled pontoons to

The Japanese hauled pontoons to the river’s edge while trucks and tanks snaked for miles along the Salween’s bank

missing its eagle suspension and ribbon

measuring 74 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

printed in Wittenberg

-Reichskriegerbund

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The Japanese hauled pontoons to(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 65 mm (w) x 48. 62 mm (h), weighing 23. 6 grams, in