Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son GTRexclude the badge is suspended from

the badge is suspended from a laurel and oak leaf wreath

enamel repair on the obverse centrepiece ring

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son GTRexclude the badge is suspended from(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.