Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of 1893 in Glanford Township

1893 in Glanford Township

Containing eight pages

addressed to one Richard Fussen in Cottbus

with a recessed medal bed for the badge and a triple-slotted medal bed for the breast star

backer coming away from the body of the wing behind the wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of 1893 in Glanford Township(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 revere 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. 66 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams,