high quality leather belt
Naming is privately engraved on the QSA and officially impressed on the WWI Trio
A certificate from the Heeres-Abnahmestelle (Army Acceptance Organization)
The Luftwaffe Soldbuch is dated to December 23
A Hurricane fighter took off with the Hudson to confirm the surrender
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle Newly Listed high quality leather belt(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schikle, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 26 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 7 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, in near extremely fine condition.