Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed then appointed Signalman Third Class

then appointed Signalman Third Class on June 1

41 mm x 56 mm

measuring 209x146mm

1943 and signed in blue ink by the commander of the 20th Panzer Division

Measuring 105 mm (w) x 151 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed then appointed Signalman Third Class(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 marked with code 50 for maker Karl Gschiermeister, Wien, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 17. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.