A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim Archive the other is intact

the other is intact

8-11 August 1918

Scattered wear in the black finish on the hook

his cap with the spread-winged eagle and swastika insignia on the peak and the skull insignia on the front below

After his retirement from the RAF

A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim Archive the other is intactA 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)