Type III with Cypher of Albert I (in bronze gilt
where 250 Commonwealth prisoners from Hong Kong and 75 Americans from the Philippines soon joined them
Pare was tested by the Army on February 22
with one large pocket on the breast and one slot below for a sword or bayonet at the waist
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of Type III with Cypher of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a thick wire catch, marked 4 on the pinback (Steinhauer & Lck), measuring 48. 51 mm (w) x 48. 48 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 g, very fine.