Order Of Istiklal Buy Now Mertsch won the German Cross

Mertsch won the German Cross in Gold in September 1943 and would go on to be the artillery commander of  XIII SS-Armeekorps and finished the war commanding a Kampfgruppe in Czechoslovakia

just hardly visible hairline cracks

unmarked but textbook Schwerin

and over which I could see the infantry crossing

Order Of Istiklal Buy Now Mertsch won the German CrossOrder of Istiklal Comprising: Cross, multi piece construction, silver gilt and enamels, hallmarked on reverse of eagle suspension, marked on the reverse of the centrepiece, 64. 8 mm x 90. 7 mm inclusive of eagle suspension, mounted as worn on original full length neck ribbon; Star, multi piece construction, silver and enamels, hallmarked on pin, marked on the reverse of the centrepiece, 72. 5 mm x 74 mm, two red star points exhibit light lacquer wear,