Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed stamped onto the reverse ricasso

stamped onto the reverse ricasso

marked with a RZM logo and maker code “M1/17” for F

a rough contemporary of the Estado Novo and German and Italian Fascism

inscribed "6

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed stamped onto the reverse ricasso(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed of a pressed card stock frame with a faux black leather