Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister Auction It is composed of 24

It is composed of 24 pages printed in black ink

Alexander Rodgers Groff of the Edmonton Journal

with an orange wool backer

with attractive even patina from age

measuring 75 mm (w) x 87 mm (h))

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister Auction It is composed of 24(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 59 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 14. 8 grams, a superb example in near mint condition.