Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive the medal demonstrates significant oxidation

the medal demonstrates significant oxidation and loss of finish and its suspension loop has broken off but is included

58 mm x 137 mm each

unmarked but most likely of Austrian manufacture and therefore excellent quality

XVII - The South African War

(1847-1906)

Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive the medal demonstrates significant oxidationA 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