Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction Archive 69 mm x 45

69 mm x 45

lacquered on all sides

circumscribed “Freistaat Preussen” in large capital letters

A A National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands/Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland member’s badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction Archive 69 mm x 45(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, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 52 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 52 mm (w) x 48. 58 mm (h), weighing 25. 2, accompanied by its