Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister Hold East Medal Award & Document

East Medal Award & Document to Obergefreiten

5 mm (w) x 47

was an American Nazi organization established in 1936

leather bound with strong hinge

26 mm x 29 mm each

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister Hold East Medal Award & Document(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 56 mm (w) x 48. 13 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, demonstrating minor loss of silver finish