Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed all officially marked on reverse

all officially marked on reverse by Publicity Censor

He lays at rest in the Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery

only to find the island completely abandoned

obverse illustrating Christopher Columbus' ships

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed all officially marked on reverse(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker,