Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive a position he would hold

a position he would hold for almost eight months

For several days

on October 10th and returned to duty the same day

1878-80 (despatches LG 7 November 1879

mechanically engraved on the RAFLSGCM

Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive a position he would holdA grouping of three Third Reich German military service awards with award documents, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern) Instituted October 18th, 1939 (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a raised