Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed where he was admitted with

where he was admitted with "P

light wear and scratches to obverse

In original and rare case of issue

bordered with “GEGEN HUNGER UND KÄLTE GAU MAGDEBURG-ANHALT

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed where he was admitted with(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 55 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing