Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now Four rows of navy blue

Four rows of navy blue threading interlaced with gold-coloured threading

His civilian job was labourer

A textbook example of a Second War German ““Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber” by this maker

he was elected District Attorney for the 11th Common Pleas District

with the 11 o’clock sword loose

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now Four rows of navy blue(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, 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, Mnchen, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 20.