the second class to 100 members and the first class to 15 members
with black threading giving definition to the crown and wings
three days before his fortieth birthday
The Pickelhaube features a rounded body and crown with stitched on
slight scuffing on the obverse white enamels
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive the second class to 100(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern, mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48. 21 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams,