Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Hold the reverse stamped with the

the reverse stamped with the photographer’s stamps and marked with the name of the individual in the photograph (possibly “Danielsen”)

Second Marine Division

when he was transferred to No

A WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes/Winter Relief of the German People) donation badge

120 mm x 280 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Hold the reverse stamped with the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobiled swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 45 mm (h), weighing 21. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation