Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive first printing in September 1982

first printing in September 1982

Lemmen’s fighting spirit in the most difficult of terrain inspired the troops to disregard their state of fatigue

Private Weller was transferred to the 18th Infantry Battalion at Shorncliffe for service in the French theatre

5) An Imperial Navy Military Star

including one with four decorations

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive first printing in September 1982(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 52 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 38 mm (w) x 48. 75 mm (h), weighing 20. 4 grams, demonstrating near total