SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (6765 Pte J
It exhibits foxing on the top edges of the pages and on the first few pages at the front and back of the book
About 10 of the ships of the line
Surrounding the cockade is a period original soutache in classic rose-pink Panzer Waffenfarbe
76 mm (w) x 72
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (6765 Pte(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 52 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 38 mm (w) x 48. 75 mm (h), weighing 20. 4 grams, demonstrating near total