Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction of Afghan manufacture

of Afghan manufacture

0 mm (d) x 36

1940 and signed in black ink by the leader of the state police department Heinrich Seetzen (1906–1945)

above a wreathed sword and below the monogram of King Victor Emmanuel III

A lot of four veterans organization badges

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction of Afghan manufacture(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, 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. 62 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 23.