one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea
smooth gray painted finish
a high quality example in fire gilded iron (magnetic)
with Arabic stamp mark and Arabic embossed back plate 61 mm
each with embossed swastikas and separated by eight black felt panels
A First War & War Merit Cross Grouping Newly Listed one of the few tangiblePrussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, maker marked "EW" (unknown) on the ring, 42. 8 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, unmarked, 37. 3 mm); and Third Reich: War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords (bronzed tombac, 48 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, original ribbons, crossed bronze swords on the HC ribbon, surface