Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now who joined the party on

who joined the party on August 1

above a silver inscription of “FÜR 25 JÄHRIGE DIENSTZEIT” (“FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE”)

2) A Franco Prussian War Medal

not least at the crossing of the Garigliano - better known to those of the Seaforth who survived that occasion as the "River of Death":Military Cross

Friedrich Franz II died in 1883

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now who joined the party on(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the revere with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams,