Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive rosette and silvered palm on

rosette and silvered palm on an original ribbon

He retired in March 1940

a sapper in the 15th (Sapper) Company of Grenadier Regiment 15

Lentze was ennobled by Emperor Wilhelm II in 1896 on occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Bapaume

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive rosette and silvered palm on(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, presenting as a Maltese Cross, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a wreathed mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, marked 1 on the reverse of the catch for maker Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring