Original German WWII Cased War Merit Cross 1st Class KvKI with Swords by Gottlieb & Wagner - Kriegsverdienstkreuz U.S. Flags based on an earlier Compass

based on an earlier Compass

with only five small iron stoves in the whole camp

which was then replaced with the correct model 1896 sight

Sestroretsk was founded by Peter the Great in 1714 due to the construction of this arms factory

The award covered a series of small punitive expeditions in the company’s territory between 1886 and 1897

Original German WWII Cased War Merit Cross 1st Class KvKI with Swords by Gottlieb & Wagner - Kriegsverdienstkreuz U.S. Flags based on an earlier CompassOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is a very nice cased example of a War Merit Cross KvK 1st Class in Silver with swords, manufactured by Gottlieb & Wagner of Idar Oberstein a. d. Nahe, a very rare maker that we have only seen once before. This mid war example in zinc alloy has a lovely patina, and still has some of the original silver wash present on the edges and pin, while the rest now shows an oxidized zinc patina. There are sharp details to