"The War Merit Cross 1. Class and Higher Grades" by Dietrich Maerz & George Stimson consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and two Collar Badges (in

and two Collar Badges (in white metal

Footnote: Josef Bürckel (1895–1944) was a veteran of the First War

The silvered metal ferrule is magnetic and emblazoned with a repeating oak leaf motif

and several deaths occurred

III Class Honour Cross

"The War Merit Cross 1. Class and Higher Grades" by Dietrich Maerz & George Stimson consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and two Collar Badges (inNever before has the War Merit Cross 1. Class and the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross been described in such detail. Years in the making and extensively using the existing archives the two authors Dietrich Maerz and George Stimson have delivered another solid and well researched book. For the first time regulations, award procedures, award numbers and distribution are covered in depth like never before. The main part discusses the manufacturers