A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim Archive November 26th

November 26th

his cap with the spread-winged eagle and swastika insignia on the peak and the skull insignia on the front below

Scattered wear in the black finish on the hook

After his retirement from the RAF

before enlisting with the Royal Canadian Air Force

A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim Archive November 26thA fine quality War merit Cross First Class without Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter); in heavily silvered bronze; with a vertical banko style pinback and a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked L 15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim on the obverse of the pin; measuring 49. 24 mm x 49. 25 mm; weighing 15. 9 grams; near extremely fine condition. (C: 163)