Germany. A Late War Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross W. Swords. Cased Auction owned jointly by the Chinese

owned jointly by the Chinese government and Pan-American Airways

By that date he had achieved the rank of Feldwebel

505th Infantry Regiment (silvered metal with blue and black enamels

The porcelain factory at Allach was by this time an operating branch of the SS aligned with Dachau

Annie Colwill of Toronto

Germany. A Late War Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross W. Swords. Cased Auction owned jointly by the ChineseAn example of a seldom encountered cased late war issue Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (Ritterkreuz zum Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern); a large Maltese cross in feinzink; on a loop assembly for suspension from its period original full size neck ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse