Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive on October 10th and returned

on October 10th and returned to duty the same day

For several days

the highest civilian decoration of the United States

1878-80 (despatches LG 7 November 1879

bisected by a central white tresse

Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive on October 10th and returnedA grouping of three Third Reich German military service awards with award documents, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords (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