Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Slightly rusted in places

Slightly rusted in places

with a recessed medal bed for the badge and a triple-slotted medal bed for the breast star

measuring 86 mm (w) x 139 mm (h)

a shrapnel wound to the back and to the head

addressed to one Richard Fussen in Cottbus

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Slightly rusted in places(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 and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the revere with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams,