Germany, Third Reich. Two Unissued War Merit Crosses First Class with Wrapping Paper GTRexclude Ammunition Column Pin - Bronze

Ammunition Column Pin - Bronze gilt and enamels

Footnote: José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia

For his efforts he was awarded the German Cross in Gold for successfully putting an end to Partisan operations in Belarus in the middle section of the Front

measuring 81 mm (w) x 74 mm (h)

smooth white streaked synthetic grip plate

Germany, Third Reich. Two Unissued War Merit Crosses First Class with Wrapping Paper GTRexclude Ammunition Column Pin - Bronze(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, 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 approximately 48 mm (w) x 48 mm (h),