Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 46 mm diameter

46 mm diameter

and is stamped and dated to Kiel on June 28

The first states that Meyer was sentenced to death for his involvement in the illegal shooting of Canadian prisoners of war

including a Civil Service 25 Year Long Service Decoration

a 1941 Third Reich-issue pocket calendar

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 46 mm diameter(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, the six oclock arm showing an illegible hand etched inscription which is presumably a recipients name, otherwise unmarked but