Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Province of China R/193801 Sergeant Edward John Donnelly

R/193801 Sergeant Edward John Donnelly

the obverse bearing a raised and rightward-facing profile of King Friedrich II (“the Great”)

the text and illustrations remain unaffected

loose sliver gilt and enamel Republican eagle

with gilded hour and minute hands

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Province of China R/193801 Sergeant Edward John Donnelly(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the latter consisting of a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and early issue flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt,