Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister visually-hidden very light spotting

very light spotting

Fovargue was then sent home to England

while April 19 saw her sink the new Italian ship Marco Foscarina

unofficial manufacture

The reverse is maker marked “WERNSTEIN

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister visually-hidden very light spotting(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 59 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 14. 8 grams, a superb example in near mint condition.