Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn Hold Measuring 40 mm (w) x

Measuring 40 mm (w) x 54 mm (h)

seated with a woman who is presumably her mother

the cabochons intact and free of chipping

A 1935 “Tag der Arbeit” (May 1st

Olive drab wool construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn Hold Measuring 40 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, demonstrating natural silver tarnishing throughout, in mint