Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed was salvageable and could have

was salvageable and could have been repaired

He also completed training to be a Schirrmeister (Mainenance Sergeant) and eventually became a Hilfswehrmachtskraftfahrsachverständiger (Auxiliary Wehrmacht Motorist Expert)

marked with Boars head on suspension denoting French manufacture post 1838

The battery at the time was being heavily shelled

A matching and original hanger is secured in place

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed was salvageable and could have(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 47. 48 mm (w) x 47. 48