The Cross was instituted on December 26
Footnote: Albert Otto Schuh was born on July 30
crazing evident in the red enamels on the rams at 6 and 9 o'clock)
Commissioned Stores Officer
his rating was changed to Fireman Third Class on March 1
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By C.e. Juncker Archive The Cross was instituted on(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a threaded lug retaining a period original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 48. 46 mm (w) x 48. 64 mm (h), weighing 21. 2 grams (inclusive of backplate), with loss of