Description
surface wear and contact marks on the obverse
Throughout the episode Gunner Young's resourcefulness and tireless efforts were of the greatest assistance to the party and permitted the passing of much extremely valuable information as well as the inflicting of many casualties on the enemy
It features a 15 cm-long nickel-plated magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and edges
with two brass ball-style buttons securing the panels at the front
the sidewalls of the cap with a wide reinforcement band in black and lined in a light brown rayon
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By C.e. Juncker Archive surface wear and contact marks(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 47. 98 mm (w) x 48. 45 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams, accompanied