Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with 6 o’clock arm marked

with 6 o’clock arm marked LACKIE and STERLING

A fine Italian made miniature in silver and detailed enamel work

forcing them back to Kokoda

maker marked “Julius Maurer of Oberstein an der Nahe” on the reverse

with nearly 100% of bronze finish intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with 6 o’clock arm marked(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, the six oclock arm showing an illegible hand etched inscription which is presumably a recipients name, otherwise unmarked but