Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of ribbon faded

ribbon faded

XVI - The Siege of Lens

1913 in Menton on the French Riviera and was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral

awarding a gold pin to pilots who successfully bailed out of a disabled aircraft using an Irving Parachute (although Leslie Irvin is credited with inventing the first free-fall parachute in 1919

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of ribbon faded(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 revere with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams,