Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Archive In a second letter of

In a second letter of Commendation from Burnham

part of a Pionier (Sapper) unit

23 October 1944) in his capacity as brigade commander

then transferred to DSA at Military District No

Illinois in 1988

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Archive In a second letter of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker,