Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Kerbach & Österhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic but already in January 1940

but already in January 1940 she joined the RedCross

dated to December 9

(1903-1922)

Buckle in nickel-silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Kerbach & Österhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic but already in January 1940(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 38 mm (w) x 48.