Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Hold aged 23 years 6 months

aged 23 years 6 months

and later that year to Superintending Engineer of the Third Welland Canal

The medal was original awarded by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NCAA) and was inherited by NASA

oxidation spots on the VM

pinned with a pebbled bronze rank pip and pebbled magnetic metal button

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Hold aged 23 years 6 months(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 52 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 52 mm (w) x 48. 58 mm (h), weighing 25. 2, accompanied by its