Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive SEBASTOPOL (silver

SEBASTOPOL (silver

Sergeant Duncan Grant is listed on both the Waterloo Roll and the Military General Service Roll

as well as a destroyed plane falling to the ground

and an overall body length of 69 cm

the reverse of each with a white cotton strap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive SEBASTOPOL (silver(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 block hinge emanating from an oval plate and a banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch similarly emanating from an oval plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for a controversial variation now