Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Buy Now uniform removed with soiling evident

uniform removed with soiling evident from wear

nickel plating and plastic

Class Two (R

1944 in Falvaterra for defending a position during a retreating battle during the Allied offensive that had started in May

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Buy Now uniform removed with soiling evident(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 50 for maker Karl Gschiermeister, Wien, measuring 48. 65 mm (w) x 48. 24 mm (h), weighing 17. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original