Commander John Franklin Walling's skill
reverse illustrating a wreath of oak leaves and laurel leaves with the coat-of-arms of the City of Milan at the top and an un-named name plate in the centre
featuring the badge of the order surmounted by a green enameled laurel wreath
Ranging in size from 25 mm (w) x 16
Clarke with a strength of 25 officers and 637 other ranks
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Medal Bar for an Afrikakorps Serviceman Newly Listed Commander John Franklin Walling's skill(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring three awards, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, without visible marks, measuring 48. 14 mm (w) x 49. 55 mm