Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Kerbach & Österhelt Auction the right pocket with a

the right pocket with a Canadian Broad Arrow production mark stamped in black ink

and four Silver Grade Medals (one with raised letters "L

bearing a functional magnetic metal spring clip

period ribbon with pinback

red felt backer with period paper padding

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Kerbach & Österhelt Auction the right pocket with a(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.