Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Bronze Award Plaque - Bronze

Bronze Award Plaque - Bronze Award Plaque

This dates the item to between August 1941 and early 1944

to the left is a gold “50” and to the right is a gold “кп”

scattered silvering wear and contact marks on the first stickpin

His parents were Johann and Karolina

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Bronze Award Plaque - Bronze(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, accompanied by its period original