Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The 59 Mountain Infantry

Footnote: The 59 Mountain Infantry Division Cagliari was an infantry division of the Italian Army during World War II

measuring 50 mm x 78 mm(inclusive of the suspension) with gold rimmed and features a white enameled cross

Footnote: James Edward Sutcliffe was born on September 20

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

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

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased War Merit Cross First Class by Friedrich Orth with Half-Miniature by Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The 59 Mountain Infantry1. 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