Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity GAUNT & SON Ltd LONDON"

GAUNT & SON Ltd LONDON" and stamped "217405" on the reverse

Affixed to the front of the panels directly below the peak is a button

Footnote: James Edward Sutcliffe was born on September 20

the reverse of each bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939” (“FOR WAR MERIT 1939”)

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity GAUNT & SON Ltd LONDON"1. A War Merit Cross First Class without Swords by Friedrich Orth. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse ohne Schwerter). Instituted October 18th 1939. (c. 1940 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked 15 for manufacture by Friedrich Orth of