Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed Merit Order of the Red

Merit Order of the Red Cross - Breast Star

Орден за Военна Заслуга

1943 and signed in blue ink by the commander of the 20th Panzer Division

when Hitler named Himmler chief of all German police forces

measuring 75 mm (w) x 48

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed Merit Order of the Red(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 50 for maker Karl Gschiermeister, Wien, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 17. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.