Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Kerbach & Oesterhelt, With Case GTRexclude It is issued to Lieutenant

It is issued to Lieutenant Hermann Abend of the 6th Detachment of Grenadier Regiment 521

while the front of the cap features scalloped slopes

1954 and giving him permission to retain the rank of Wing Commander

his permission to do so finally granted in Italy by Lieutenant-Colonel Ritchie

the Kings of Bavaria

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Kerbach & Oesterhelt, With Case GTRexclude It is issued to Lieutenant(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). Presenting as 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, measuring 48 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of heavy cardstock with textured faux leather