Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class, By Katz & Deyhle United Republic of Trip to the Orient 1898”)

Trip to the Orient 1898”)

which appeared in the Military Historical Society of Australia Journal

The cap measures 266 mm x 235 mm

Victorian Order of Nurses of Canada Cap Badge: in browning copper

Type II - Three-piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class, By Katz & Deyhle United Republic of Trip to the Orient 1898”)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop with a Prsidialkanzlei number 60 for maker Katz & Deyhle, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 96 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h), weighing 18. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.