Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive first printing in September 1982

first printing in September 1982

The signature is that of the group leader

Lemmen’s fighting spirit in the most difficult of terrain inspired the troops to disregard their state of fatigue

Spanish Civil War Medal 1936 - in bronze gilt

it states that he served with the 3rd Battalion in the French theatre and was later discharged at Montreal on March 2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive first printing in September 1982(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