Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude with an oak and laurel

with an oak and laurel leaf wreath in each quadrant

He was a recipient of the German Cross in Gold (May 18

tiny characters etched on the reverse of the arm at 3 o'clock

While serving with the Diadem class of protected cruiser H

Assmann & Sohne

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude with an oak and laurel(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 61 mm (w) x 48. 49