Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive wear on the exterior

wear on the exterior

A and B [rifle] Companies (Walloon)

30 mm (h - inclusive of Prussian crown suspension)

relief of the poor and child welfare

An extremely rare set of insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive wear on the exterior(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