with the back cover featuring a chart of raw material production of all Axis and Allies states
and the other with a fine sheen
pinned with a pebbled bronze rank pip and pebbled magnetic metal button
and later that year to Superintending Engineer of the Third Welland Canal
was born afterwards
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Hold with the back cover featuring(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). 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 reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 52 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 52 mm (w) x 48. 58 mm (h), weighing 25. 2, accompanied by its