Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China there are thirty-two pages of

there are thirty-two pages of black and white photographs inserted between pages 182 and 183

SOG personnel adopted the unofficial self-designed insignia seen on the patch in this group

lived in the northern parts of the province and were unwilling to move south

and r(1912)

encircled by an enamelling-green laurel wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China there are thirty-two pages of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 61 mm (w) x 48. 49