"The War Merit Cross 1. Class and Higher Grades" by Dietrich Maerz & George Stimson visually-hidden with an indistinguishable mark within

with an indistinguishable mark within an oval frame on the reverse ricasso

above a handwritten owner’s name and presumed award date of “22

including a visor cap wreath and cockade

Commemorative War Medal (33

"The War Merit Cross 1. Class and Higher Grades" by Dietrich Maerz & George Stimson visually-hidden with an indistinguishable mark withinNever before has the War Merit Cross 1. Class and the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross been described in such detail. Years in the making and extensively using the existing archives the two authors Dietrich Maerz and George Stimson have delivered another solid and well researched book. For the first time regulations, award procedures, award numbers and distribution are covered in depth like never before. The main part discusses the manufacturers