Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive one Ninth Army

one Ninth Army

with its period-original ribbon (with moderate glue residue remaining on the ribbon from collector mounting)

naming his next-of kin as his wife

in fire gilt and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive one Ninth Army(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern mit Etui). Instituted 18. 10. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Maltese cross in silvered tombak; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; marked 1 on the reverse of the catch for Deschler &