Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive the highest civilian decoration of

the highest civilian decoration of the United States

for duty at Camp Banara near Gaza

one small knock to rim

mechanically engraved on the RAFLSGCM

a position he would hold for almost eight months

Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive the highest civilian decoration ofA grouping of three Third Reich German military service awards with award documents, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern) Instituted October 18th, 1939 (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a raised