Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son GTRexclude (Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Rangabzeichen)

(Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Rangabzeichen)

measuring 128 mm (w) x 185 mm (h)

contact marks and surface wear evident on both sides

the badge is suspended from a laurel and oak leaf wreath

enamel repair on the obverse centrepiece ring

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son GTRexclude (Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Rangabzeichen)(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 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. 62 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 23.