Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and Italian Army 1st Battalion

and Italian Army 1st Battalion

arriving in England on April 10th

exquisite crisp details

the case measures 135mm (w) x 290mm (h) x 45mm (d)

It locks closed with rayon ribbons through which is inserted an accompanying bone pencil

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and Italian Army 1st Battalion(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. 44 mm (w) x 48. 31 mm (h), weighing 23.