Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed 1943 at Kunming

1943 at Kunming

dated 3 March 1941 in Lindau

It is also inscribed in running script "Grant of the dignity of an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire to Lieutenant John Hughes

Twenty-four Photographs (two of Walter H

The helmet measures 299 mm x 242 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed 1943 at Kunming(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 20.