Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Auction he was awarded the Afghanistan

he was awarded the Afghanistan Medal with Kabul clasp and the Brevet of Colonel

Lady Cobham died in 1961 aged 63

measuring 33mm (w) x 43

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M9/11” and “C

all silverware entering Austria was required to has an import hallmark

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Auction he was awarded the Afghanistan(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 October 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars which culminate in the middle with an integral loop connecting to a