Germany, Wehrmacht. Two War Merit Medals And Awards Newly Listed A First War German Army

A First War German Army Telegrapher's Belt Buckle

obverse illustrating the embossed left-facing bust of Queen Victoria

"I do not think that the fact that one-half of the small garrison of a place taken by assault was either killed or wounded evinced any very unusual bloodthirstiness on the part of the assailants

At first it was thought that this was the result of a flying accident

Fullsize: 35 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. Two War Merit Medals And Awards Newly Listed A First War German ArmyA grouping of a War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern); a Maltese cross in bronzed zink; on loop for suspension (unmarked) from a correct replacement ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution