the reverse centre presents the inscription “FÜR VERDIENST
awarding a gold pin to pilots who successfully bailed out of a disabled aircraft using an Irving Parachute (although Leslie Irvin is credited with inventing the first free-fall parachute in 1919
with three Gold Swedish Crowns and three white enameled nails representing the nails with which Jesus Christ was crucified
Reich Level tabs
in Chipping Norton
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive the reverse centre presents the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked with code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 49. 04 mm (w) x 48. 47 mm (h), weighing 19. 0 grams, in poor