Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China Ladies Issue exclusively

Ladies Issue exclusively

Instituted in 1911 (in bronze

a rare and striking example in extremely fine condition

two round (inscribed "C1849 GNR

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China Ladies Issue exclusively1. 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