Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive Order of Legion of Honour

Order of Legion of Honour (silver and enamels with gold centrepiece

12 hours and 13 minutes while the entire circumnavigation (including stops) took 21 days

Seldom awarded in this Class

Grand Cross Set - First Class

/ But your soul will live on for eons eternal

Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive Order of Legion of Honour(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter). A Maltese Cross in silvered tombak, with angled notches in the end of each arm to produce an eight pointed cross, the edges of each arm flat and the field of each arm finely pebbled, the centre obverse features a circular wreath of oak leaves, the central field surrounded by this wreath bears a swastika, the reverse presents a vertical hinged pin, maker mark 15 designating Friedrich Orth of Wien,