Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive with the body of the

with the body of the cap fabricated from a greenish-gray wool

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New Jersey since its earliest days

above the right breast is a cloth insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive with the body of the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 1 for maker Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 52 mm (w) x 48. 18 mm (h), weighing 23. 9 grams,