Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive measuring 27x29

measuring 27x29

attributed to "heart failure due to chronic pulmonary disease"

Jones DSO (with Bar)

light discolouration

Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive measuring 27x29(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter). A Maltese Cross in silvered tombak, with angled notches in the end of each arm to produce an eight pointed cross, the edges of each arm flat and the field of each arm finely pebbled, the centre obverse features a circular wreath of oak leaves, the central field surrounded by this wreath bears a swastika, the reverse presents a vertical hinged pin, maker mark 15 designating Friedrich Orth of Wien,