Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle GTRexclude was named a Captain in

was named a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps and resigned his commission in that rank

well marked Morat

He was already part of the 2nd Company of the Schützen Regiment 59

the North African Campaign

it remains a rare order

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords, By Otto Schickle GTRexclude was named a Captain in(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 18 mm (w) x 47. 88 mm (h), weighing 19. 1 grams, with loss of