Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Republic of the Knight's Cross of the

the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

secured together with a pebbled aluminum buckle

Constructed of a bronzed magnetic metal

The crown retains a fully-legible maker’ mark of “HCH

measuring 444mm (w) x 59 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Republic of the Knight's Cross of the(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 4 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior