Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity but appears to be original

but appears to be original to pairing

before his family moved there

but that his general state of health was "good"

One of the finest examples of this type we have offered

2) An 1897 Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm Centennial Medal (Kaiser Wilhelm Erinnerungsmedaille-Zentenarmedaille)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity but appears to be original(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, accompanied by its period original