Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Frederick VIII

Frederick VIII

the ends of the strap stitched to a central thick leather patch with a smooth finish on both sides

AUF DEM GEBIETE NATIONALER WOHLFAHRT

maker marked “Funke & Brüninghaus

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Frederick VIII(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, pin marked with number 1 for Deschler & Sohn, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 44 mm (h), weighing 23. 7 grams, and in better than very fine condition.