Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle Auction and functional metal hinge

and functional metal hinge

Slovakian lion mark on the reverse

one of him seated at a table with Army personnel

but their advance was soon checked by intense and accurate German artillery fire

Eagle Insignia Disk (white plastic

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle Auction and functional metal hinge(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 Schickle, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 24 mm (w) x 49. 25 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.