Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction Archive while he was asleep during

while he was asleep during a train journey in India to his native Nepal in 1967

hollow back with pin

the city of Essen

Two more attempts were made afterwards to break the Russian siege of Budapest

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction Archive while he was asleep during(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centre, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 55 mm (h), weighing 22. 2