Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Both the tunic and trousers

Both the tunic and trousers exhibit some wear and scattered interruptions in the fabrics

this private as No

measuring 40 mm (w) x 25 mm (h)

and with the stylized logo of “Hermann Aurich

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Both the tunic and trousers(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Descher & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 46 mm (w) x 48. 42 mm (h), weighing 23. 7