Description
within a circular border of laurel leaves
It is signed in blue ink by a Captain and acting Wing Commander
it was and continues to be awarded for services to agriculture
reinforced stitching on both
After occupation duty in France and the Netherlands
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Hold within a circular border of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 block hinge emanating from an oval plate and a banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch similarly emanating from an oval plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for a controversial variation now