Germany, Third Reich. The War Merit Cross, by Gordon Williamson and Josef Charita Newly Listed DEFENSIVE SECTOR (bronze gilt

DEFENSIVE SECTOR (bronze gilt

twenty-nine with screwbacks

and they are in overall very fine condition

while the reverse ricasso is etched with a serial number of “N24764”

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Germany, Third Reich. The War Merit Cross, by Gordon Williamson and Josef Charita Newly Listed DEFENSIVE SECTOR (bronze giltHardcover, entitled "The War Merit Cross" by Gordon Williamson and Josef Charita, First Edition, copyrighted by Gordon Williamson in 2005, published by R. James Bender Publishing of San Jose, California, printed in China, ISBN 1 932970 06 1. It chronicles in great detail the history of the War Merit Cross through the extensive use of detailed text and photographs. As stated on the back cover: "The War Merit Cross awards have always been seen as