Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction Archive packet better than extremely fine

packet better than extremely fine

after 1918 and collapse of the Empire

together with the inscription VIRTUTI ET MERITO

55mm (x82mm including crown suspension)

Werner March Berlin / Mitarbeiter Walter March / Modell: Oskar Reich Berlin W 35 Kurfürstenstr

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction Archive packet better than extremely fine(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 62 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 23.