Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn visually-hidden Rear Admiral Breunig

Rear Admiral Breunig

was the Substantive Officer Commanding the unit

V (OOC) at Becelaère

stating that Matthiessen left the ship in Stettin on April 9

to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary in 1943 of the rebellion against the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn visually-hidden Rear Admiral Breunig(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, 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. 44 mm (w) x 48. 31 mm (h), weighing 23.