Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The French National Order of

The French National Order of Merit

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The ankle area of each leg has a horizontal slit closed with two black bakelite buttons meeting reinforced buttonholes

Type II (1903-1941)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The French National Order of(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,