Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac arts and crafts

arts and crafts

It was one of three units to receive the United States Presidential Unit Citation after the Battle of Kapyong

superposed by an enamelled white symbol of the Rising Sun

Constructed of an orange wool base with four rows of grey-silver threaded Russian braid

A little over six months after the end of the war

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac arts and crafts(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 19 mm (w) x 48. 01 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams, demonstrating loss of silver finish to high contact points, in near