Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. GTRexclude (Kriegsmarine Anstecknadel)

(Kriegsmarine Anstecknadel)

A fuller runs the majority of the length of the top edge of each side

He is buried at Barlin Communal Cemetery at Pas de Calais

in turn connecting to a lid bearing an engraved monogram

with only about ten per cent of those who served receiving the medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. GTRexclude (Kriegsmarine Anstecknadel)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, the six oclock arm showing an illegible hand etched inscription which is presumably a recipients name, otherwise unmarked but