Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive He retired in March 1940

He retired in March 1940

measuring 59 mm x 37 mm

maroon felt backing

awarded approximately 90 times

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Archive He retired in March 1940(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