Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Gediminas (ca

Gediminas (ca

Newfoundland Volunteer War Service Medal 1939-1945

A fine grouping of five Third Reich German badges and stick pins

Footnote: The Royal Order of George I was instituted on January 16

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Gediminas (ca1. A War Merit Cross First Class without Swords by Friedrich Orth. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse ohne Schwerter). Instituted October 18th 1939. (c. 1940 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked 15 for manufacture by Friedrich Orth of