A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim Archive After his retirement from the

After his retirement from the RAF

before enlisting with the Royal Canadian Air Force

Scattered wear in the black finish on the hook

Collar badge in silvered bronze

8-11 August 1918

A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim Archive After his retirement from theA fine quality War merit Cross First Class without Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter); in heavily silvered bronze; with a vertical banko style pinback and a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked L 15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim on the obverse of the pin; measuring 49. 24 mm x 49. 25 mm; weighing 15. 9 grams; near extremely fine condition. (C: 163)