Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Crosses, I Class Auction Archive two with a red text

two with a red text imprint on the obverse

The morning of November 25th saw them facing heavy machine gun fire and snipers but no shells on their front line

In the rank of Sergeant

(Verdienstmedaille zum Fürstlich Reußischen Ehrenkreuz)

As a military employee

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Crosses, I Class Auction Archive two with a red text(Kriegsverdienstkreuze I. Klasse). A pair of War Merit Crosses, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class, constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 32 mm (h), weighing