Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Buy Now and Verschiedene Damaszierungen (Miscellanious Damascenings

and Verschiedene Damaszierungen (Miscellanious Damascenings

small section of original ribbon

with marked and toned silver suspension

2 Field Ambulance on June 7th with a case of Stomatitis (an inflammation of the mucous lining of any of the structures in the mouth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Buy Now and Verschiedene Damaszierungen (Miscellanious Damascenings(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 42 mm (w)