Italy (Kingdom): War Merit Cross (bronze
stitched on three sides and open at the top
Tarnishing evident on the two Sports Medals
the reverse presents the raised number 4 surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves
the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 34070 of Tuesday
Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version GTRexclude Italy (Kingdom): War Merit Cross(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of a double overlaid field grey sunburst pattern with eight points, with the bottom outer layer of the cross in silver aluminum bullion threading, while the rest consists of dark grey threading, the cross features a stamped gilded tombak circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year 1941, the inner and outer sides of