Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of 1882 at Portsea

1882 at Portsea

reverse marked RZM 822/38 SS

101 mm (w) x 150 mm (h))

With Original Case of Issue

of these 359 where awarded

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of 1882 at Portsea(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 1 for maker Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 52 mm (w) x 48. 18 mm (h), weighing 23. 9 grams,