Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude the 99th Regiment (Manitoba Rangers)

the 99th Regiment (Manitoba Rangers)

DRL Patch (orange embroidery on black cloth

and Aircraft Observer Badge (sterling silver

is neatly lined from end-to-end with green Waffenfarbe piping

engraved "Charles Franklin

Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude the 99th Regiment (Manitoba Rangers)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter). A Maltese Cross in silvered tombak, with angled notches in the end of each arm to produce an eight pointed cross, the edges of each arm flat and the field of each arm finely pebbled, the centre obverse features a circular wreath of oak leaves, the central field surrounded by this wreath bears a swastika, the reverse presents a vertical hinged pin, maker mark 15 designating Friedrich Orth of Wien,