Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now with the 11 o’clock sword

with the 11 o’clock sword loose

Footnote: This medal is a copy of Heinrich Mueller's Series

with a French post card style backer)

an Admission Ticket Addressed to Officers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now with the 11 o’clock sword(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 20.