Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle GTRexclude Kleintierzuchtverein

Kleintierzuchtverein

also imprinted on top of the lid Tapferkeits-Medaille II

Although Turkic peoples had been perceived initially as “racially inferior”

with a coated metal spring on the interior of the scabbard that holds the knife in place once returned to the scabbard

a steel blue secondhand partially obscures the 12 o’clock position

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle GTRexclude Kleintierzuchtverein(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schikle, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 26 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 7 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, in near extremely fine condition.