Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive officially impressed "CHRN

officially impressed "CHRN

Knights Cross Fourth Class - in silver and enamels

Constructed of a triangular black rayon-cotton blended base

consisting of a Ruppert Cross with a Gold frame and red enameled arms

He lived in the Hamilton area and at one point

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive officially impressed "CHRN(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Instituted 18 October 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with a pair of crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars which converge on an integral loop connecting to a suspension