Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle GTRexclude with a coated metal spring

with a coated metal spring on the interior of the scabbard that holds the knife in place once returned to the scabbard

a steel blue secondhand partially obscures the 12 o’clock position

A 1937 badge for the day of the NSDAP for the district of Chemnitz

He was posted to HMS Vernon for Torpedo School on June 24

also imprinted on top of the lid Tapferkeits-Medaille II

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle GTRexclude with a coated metal spring(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schikle, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 26 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 7 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, in near extremely fine condition.