Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Archive the Hindenburg Cross for Combatants

the Hindenburg Cross for Combatants

along with four pages of loose typewritten notes

The Prussian helmet plate is original to the helmet and that is clear with the shadowing on the body of the Pickelhaube

measuring 75 mm in diameter

McDonald was with the 25th Infantry Battalion when he was Killed in Action three weeks later

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Archive the Hindenburg Cross for Combatants(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an a vertical pinback and an inscription of FESTUNG ST. NAZAIRE 1944 1945, both the pinback and inscription display evidence of postwar addition, measuring 48. 75 mm (w) x 48. 04 mm (h), weighing 24. 6 grams, in better than very fine condition.