Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive when the Society's constitution was

when the Society's constitution was amended to create the office of Honorary President

obverse with the inward-facing busts of Emperor Joseph II and Queen Maria Theresa and engraver marked "WIDEMAN" below

120 mm x 166 mm: the second inscribed "Do X am Chiemsee

76 Squadron

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive when the Society's constitution was(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, pin marked with number 1 for Deschler & Sohn, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 44 mm (h), weighing 23. 7 grams, and in better than very fine condition.