Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity features rightward-facing lion rampant emblem

features rightward-facing lion rampant emblem of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)

measuring 50 mm x 78 mm(inclusive of the suspension) with gold rimmed and features a white enameled cross

Christian Version - Third Class Cross

the reverse of each bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939” (“FOR WAR MERIT 1939”)

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity features rightward-facing lion rampant emblem1. 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