Germany. A Late War Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross W. Swords. Cased Auction Annie Colwill of Toronto

Annie Colwill of Toronto

By that date he had achieved the rank of Feldwebel

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Germany. A Late War Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross W. Swords. Cased Auction Annie Colwill of TorontoAn example of a seldom encountered cased late war issue Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (Ritterkreuz zum Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern); a large Maltese cross in feinzink; on a loop assembly for suspension from its period original full size neck ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse