A Second War German War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords Newly Listed the Hindenburg Cross for Combatants

the Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (dated February 28

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Variation 1 ("Valik")

paper RZM stick placed on the backer of the right end of the belt with “RZM A4/158” and numbered “No

measuring 323 mm in length

A Second War German War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords Newly Listed the Hindenburg Cross for CombatantsA textbook example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical needle style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a slightly flattened wire catch; measuring 48. 52 mm x 48. 95 mm; weighing 13. 0 grams; light bubbling on the surface of the badge; better than