Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The owner is Otto Sander

The owner is Otto Sander

the foreign consuls and military commanders authorized an attack on the Qing forces to dislodge them

marked “RZM M1/15” for “Ferdinand Hoffstätter

consisting of a Ruppert Cross with a Gold frame and red enameled arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The owner is Otto Sander(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Instituted 18 October 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with a pair of 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 converge on an integral loop connecting to a suspension