Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now the obverse is marked “W

the obverse is marked “W

2 for the Award Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross)

Membership consists of male and female descendants in the direct male line of an ancestor who lived in New Netherland before or during 1675

nor did modern Olympics founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin

a multi-link chain symbolizing captivity along the outer edge with an inscription in Hebrew breaking up the chain at the base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now the obverse is marked “W(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 82 mm (w) x 48. 40 mm (h), weighing 18. 0 grams, an exceptional example in near mint condition.