Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity BWM and VM)

BWM and VM)

the regiment took part in all the major battles of the North African Campaign including the Relief of Tobruk in November 1941

marked L/11 under catch

1757) medallion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity BWM and VM)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 60 mm (h),