Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac William Ballantyne Johnston

William Ballantyne Johnston

WELLINGTON R-66100)

(Verdienstmedaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft)

This is a mint late-war manufacture NSDAP member’s armband

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac William Ballantyne Johnston(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterheld, Dresden, measuring 48. 53 mm (w) x 48.