Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Sherman tanks were ambushed

Sherman tanks were ambushed

The visor reinforcement has a single crack

5 mm (w) x 50 mm (h) inclusive of its trapezoid-shaped loop

He lived in Dusseldorf on Herman Goering Street #10

and the Eastern Front Medal of 1941/42

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Sherman tanks were ambushed(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, demonstrating natural silver tarnishing throughout, in mint