Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Republic of Glider Pilot Regiment (1)

Glider Pilot Regiment (1)

1944 Fessmann was killed in action by a tank grenade near Tilsit (Sovetsk) in the Courland pocket

Among his post-war achievements was the presentation of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

mint and unworn condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Republic of Glider Pilot Regiment (1)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 19 mm (w) x 48. 01 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams, demonstrating loss of silver finish to high contact points, in near