Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive the reverse with a postcard

the reverse with a postcard design

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Nürnberg-Berlin” and “Ges

when Kumsky had flown 30 sorties 156 hours 55 minutes from August 15

rather than on the centerline

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive the reverse with a postcard(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integrated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an integrated catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 96 mm (w) x 48. 98 mm (h), weighing 19. 8