Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction and Black Grade (blackened iron

and Black Grade (blackened iron

of Afghan manufacture

above a wreathed sword and below the monogram of King Victor Emmanuel III

A First War 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Canadian Flag - Flag illustrates a Union Jack in the upper left corner

a directional pointer in gold paint and outlined in black on the underside of the flat glass face

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction and Black Grade (blackened iron(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.