Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed Cap Eagle with Cockade (gilt

Cap Eagle with Cockade (gilt aluminum with a red and black painted metal cockade

and Benbrook Field (#3)

often named the “Red Castle” (built 1907–10)

He began his service in France in late 1914 and was later invalided to hospital on October 27

a photograph of Generaloberst Eduard Dietl

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed Cap Eagle with Cockade (gilt(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and banjo style pinback meeting an integral catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 47. 50 mm (w) x 47. 55 mm (h), weighing 17. 7 grams, accompanied by its period