Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Hold The handle grip is composed

The handle grip is composed of a single piece of ribbed black celluloid

10 B&G School / Mount Pleasant” printed in navy brushed felt on both ends head-to-head

It is signed in blue ink by a Captain and acting Wing Commander

After occupation duty in France and the Netherlands

one of them affixed to a 100 mm long ten-link chain

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Hold The handle grip is composed(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge emanating from an oval plate and a banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch similarly emanating from an oval plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for a controversial variation now