"The War Merit Cross 1. Class and Higher Grades" by Dietrich Maerz & George Stimson consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The silvered metal ferrule is

The silvered metal ferrule is magnetic and emblazoned with a repeating oak leaf motif

the announcement appearing in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 31159 of Friday

with a retractable depressed and slotted black doeskin medal bed

III Class Honour Cross

Footnote: Josef Bürckel (1895–1944) was a veteran of the First War

"The War Merit Cross 1. Class and Higher Grades" by Dietrich Maerz & George Stimson consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The silvered metal ferrule isNever before has the War Merit Cross 1. Class and the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross been described in such detail. Years in the making and extensively using the existing archives the two authors Dietrich Maerz and George Stimson have delivered another solid and well researched book. For the first time regulations, award procedures, award numbers and distribution are covered in depth like never before. The main part discusses the manufacturers