Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Two War Merit Crosses, First Class, Maker Marked Auction Archive on an off-white matte paper

on an off-white matte paper stock

1897 in Oldham

bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with red and black threading and pinned with gilded bronze numerals “180”

the Battalion was absorbed into the 13th Reserve Battalion

In silvered bronze and enameled rim

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Two War Merit Crosses, First Class, Maker Marked Auction Archive on an off-white matte paperA grouping of two Third Reich German War Merit Crosses, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords by Klein & Quenzer. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern) Instituted October 18th, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a raised barrel