Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Veteran’s Award - 1870 War

Veteran’s Award - 1870 War - Issued circa 1900

one drill hole

weighing 31 grams with the strap on

Although it did not see any real action they trained very hard to go to war during the Louis Riel rebellion in 1885

with scaled arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Veteran’s Award - 1870 War(Deutsches Kreuz in Silber). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, within a stamped and silvered circular laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a date of 1941, with rings of red enamel trimming both the inner and outer edges