Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn visually-hidden He showed coolness and resource

He showed coolness and resource in handling the teams and despatching them to safety

was the Substantive Officer Commanding the unit

the Ethiopian lion coat-of-arms with text above and below the lion

V (OOC) at Becelaère

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn visually-hidden He showed coolness and resource(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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 44 mm (w) x 48. 31 mm (h), weighing 23.