Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of AUF DEM GEBIETE NATIONALER WOHLFAHRT

AUF DEM GEBIETE NATIONALER WOHLFAHRT

He had been awarded the Knight’s Cross only two months prior to this

the ends of the strap stitched to a central thick leather patch with a smooth finish on both sides

January 1938)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of AUF DEM GEBIETE NATIONALER WOHLFAHRT(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, pin marked with number 1 for Deschler & Sohn, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 44 mm (h), weighing 23. 7 grams, and in better than very fine condition.