white and green enamelled insignia bearing a painted image of the Virgin Mary
Lüdenscheid) and date marked "40" (1940) on the reverse
Underneath the liner is a black ink size stamp of “58”
his remains cremated
An English Made Order of the Sudanese Republic - Five-piece construction
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac white and green enamelled insignia(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, 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. 66 mm (w) x 48. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, demonstrating natural silver tarnishing throughout, in mint