Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive 70 mm x 82 mm

70 mm x 82 mm

gilt aluminum Italian Republic coat-of-arms on the lid

Ontario when he was drafted under the Military Service Act of 1917

a large five armed white enameled crowned star

silvered bronze and enamels

Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive 70 mm x 82 mm(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,