Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle certificate_of_authenticity CORNWALLIS" in gold-coloured threading

CORNWALLIS" in gold-coloured threading

and Feldwebel (Sergeant) in 1945

measuring 209 mm (w) x 165 mm (h)

1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel P

Marguerite Burke of Hollywood

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle certificate_of_authenticity CORNWALLIS" in gold-coloured threading(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 18 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 19. 1 grams, with loss of