Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction Archive unmarked but typical clasp by

unmarked but typical clasp by maker B

I have not seen this type of case before

Studio Photograph of Private Palmer in his Canadian Mounted Rifles Uniform (in black and white

Abdulaziz received an Ottoman education but was nevertheless an ardent admirer of the material progress that was made in the West

a scroll below inscribed "FIUME d’ITALIA’ (Italian Fiume)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction Archive unmarked but typical clasp by(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an a vertical pinback and an inscription of FESTUNG ST. NAZAIRE 1944 1945, both the pinback and inscription display evidence of postwar addition, measuring 48. 75 mm (w) x 48. 04 mm (h), weighing 24. 6 grams, in better than very fine condition.