Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Archive small chip in the white

small chip in the white enamels on the tip of the reverse right arm

with additional reinforcing triangular patches sewn in place and butting the hoist sleeve

on a 41 mm long pin

War Merit Cross 1914 2nd Class

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Archive small chip in the white(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. 45 mm (w) x 48. 35 mm (h), weighing 23.