Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class, By Katz & Deyhle Auction Archive Coldstream Guards and retired on

Coldstream Guards and retired on half-pay

studio and marked as such in the left interior underarm

It was here that the Germans had their machine guns dug in

Corps Headquarters Staff

Instituted 13 December 1918 by by Zakhari Mdivani

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class, By Katz & Deyhle Auction Archive Coldstream Guards and retired on(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop with a Prsidialkanzlei number 60 for maker Katz & Deyhle, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 96 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h), weighing 18. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.