Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Hold with standard embossed Gothic motto

with standard embossed Gothic motto

The interior of the cap band is surrounded by a fully-intact light brown leather sweatband

66 mm x 77

Its survival in 1915 and subsequent recovery was an important factor leading to the creation of Yugoslavia in 1918

date 24 May 1934 and confirming that he qualified as an automotive mechanic with Daimler-Benz from 1929 until 1933

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Hold with standard embossed Gothic motto(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 55 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing