Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity with “LC” for “Legion Condor”

with “LC” for “Legion Condor”

the reverse of each bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939” (“FOR WAR MERIT 1939”)

features rightward-facing lion rampant emblem of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)

Footnote: James Edward Sutcliffe was born on September 20

Affixed to the front of the panels directly below the peak is a button

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity with “LC” for “Legion Condor”1. A War Merit Cross First Class without Swords by Friedrich Orth. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse ohne Schwerter). Instituted October 18th 1939. (c. 1940 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked 15 for manufacture by Friedrich Orth of