Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Hold engraver marked "KRAFFT F" and

engraver marked "KRAFFT F" and inscribed in Latin "JOSEPHUS II

the exterior trimmed with black cotton tresses

measuring 75 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

constructed of silver wire Russian braiding

English and German

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Hold engraver marked "KRAFFT F" and(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed of a pressed card stock frame with a faux black leather