Description
A First War Commonwealth "Hate" Belt - This fabric belt has an embroidered beige
as well as water spots on the inside
REUSSARD 1919" on the reverse
The base bears a thick blackened leather washer covering the blade’s transition into the crossguard
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Auction Archive A First War Commonwealth "Hate"(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 19 mm (w) x 48. 01 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams, demonstrating loss of silver finish to high contact points, in near