Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China two round (inscribed "C1849 GNR

two round (inscribed "C1849 GNR

A Soldbuch named to Leutnant Walter Reinhard of the 33rd Infantry Division

while the same pocket is topped by two sets of horizontally-arranged loops

the other is die-stamped copper and is unmarked

a rare and striking example in extremely fine condition

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China two round (inscribed "C1849 GNR1. A War Merit Cross First Class without Swords by Friedrich Orth. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse ohne Schwerter). Instituted October 18th 1939. (c. 1940 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked 15 for manufacture by Friedrich Orth of