Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction USS Yankee cleared for action

USS Yankee cleared for action and stood in toward the warship

that they had lost contact with his plane and that "we must assume that they are lost to us

light crazing in the emulsion

with a gilded zink letter”P” unit pip on each

at the age of 43 years and 9 months

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction USS Yankee cleared for action(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a screw and backplate, unmarked, measuring 49. 44 mm (w) x 48. 49 mm (h), weighing 20. 2 grams, in near extremely fine condition.