Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction Archive awarded for “maintaining comradery and

awarded for “maintaining comradery and friendship between veterans”

after 1918 and collapse of the Empire

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

" and inscribed "L'ISTRIE CONQUISE AN MDCCCVI" (1806) below

Measuring 149x212mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction Archive awarded for “maintaining comradery and(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.