Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version GTRexclude 1940 / May 3

1940 / May 3

and several others in France

Footnote: William Henry Hall was born on February 3

Dihm had received his final promotion to Generalleutnant (lieutenant general)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version GTRexclude 1940 / May 3(Ritterkreuz der Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled void, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a raised date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars