Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive WWI 103rd Infantry Battalion CEF

WWI 103rd Infantry Battalion CEF - Sterling silver and enamels

This was the campaign which made him a household name in Britain

on the eastern tip of New Guinea

In generally fine condition

in spite of twelve to fourteen hours' sentry go and work during the day

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive WWI 103rd Infantry Battalion CEF(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 20.