Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed The interior of the cape

The interior of the cape is fully lined with a dark grey rayon liner with a high sheen

Both of the top pockets are overlaid by vertically-arranged threaded loops for the accommodation of decorations with vertical pinback

USNR to rank from March 25

Footnote: With a total of 26 of this Cross for Loyal Service First Class awarded

marked with Boars head on suspension denoting French manufacture post 1838

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed The interior of the cape(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 47. 48 mm (w) x 47. 48