Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Kerbach & Österhelt Hold overlaid by a shield with

overlaid by a shield with crossed swords

but whose dedication to the cause of freedom did not justify the awarding of the July Cross""

A Gold Merit Cross constructed of silver gilt

the centrepiece retaining its magnetic metal backplate

489th Field Artillery (silvered bronze with red and blue enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Kerbach & Österhelt Hold overlaid by a shield with(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 38 mm (w) x 48.