A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim Archive Scattered wear in the black

Scattered wear in the black finish on the hook

Collar badge in silvered bronze

his cap with the spread-winged eagle and swastika insignia on the peak and the skull insignia on the front below

8-11 August 1918

the other is intact

A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim Archive Scattered wear in the blackA fine quality War merit Cross First Class without Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter); in heavily silvered bronze; with a vertical banko style pinback and a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked L 15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim on the obverse of the pin; measuring 49. 24 mm x 49. 25 mm; weighing 15. 9 grams; near extremely fine condition. (C: 163)