Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Kerbach & Österhelt Archive with clear signs of period

with clear signs of period wear

Panzer Korps

small indentations on two ball finials on the reverse

a collection of books on her lap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Kerbach & Österhelt Archive with clear signs of period(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 reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 38 mm (w) x 48.