Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords United Republic of Prisoner of War in Egypt

Prisoner of War in Egypt - This fascinating lot of items belonged to German Paratrooper Karl Roder

mid-tone blue and ultramarine blue enamels

maker marked "RZM M7/93" on the ricasso (Ewald Cleff

the Maharaja of Dhrangadhra

in cast aluminum with a gunpowder-grey finish

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords United Republic of Prisoner of War in Egypt(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an a vertical pinback and an inscription of FESTUNG ST. NAZAIRE 1944 1945, both the pinback and inscription display evidence of postwar addition, measuring 48. 75 mm (w) x 48. 04 mm (h), weighing 24. 6 grams, in better than very fine condition.