des österreichischen REZ FABRIKEN WIEN"
The set consisting of a Grand Cross and Grand Cross Sash Badge
with a 19 mm interior diameter
his Regiment was stationed in Waziristan where it was to remain through 1941
the announcement appearing in the Sixth Supplement to the London Gazette 37599 of Tuesday
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity des österreichischen REZ FABRIKEN WIEN"(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central date of 1939 within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 70 mm (w) x 49. 34 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.