Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Hold A group of seven Third

A group of seven Third Reich period badges

which bears a Chi-Rho symbol flanked by an ""Α"" (Alpha) on the left and an ""Ω"" (Omega) on the right

maker marked “Schantz & epperlein Altenhammer

the General travelled to the United States with a mission of support for veterans and disabled members of the Blue Army

arriving in England on the 22nd

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Hold A group of seven Third(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centre, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 55 mm (h), weighing 22. 2