Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed where he was admitted with

where he was admitted with "P

Recommendation reads: ‘During the action in the Ypres Salient on the 13th-14th June 1916

Wehrpass & Documents Group

light wear and scratches to obverse

Riveted to the reverse is a blackened leather strap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed where he was admitted with(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 55 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing