Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944

near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944 and resulted in over sixty fatalities

I overall better than extremely fine condition

slightly chipped enamels on the reverse of the three o’clock arm

7 mm x 74 mm

with three metal wings insignia denoting the rank of Obergefreiter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, 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, Mnchen, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 20.