Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive a circlet inscribed Volunteer Medical

a circlet inscribed Volunteer Medical Staff Corps with voided Geneva Cross to centre with red cloth backing to cross

Nickels returned to base

measures 29

obverse centre Pisan cross in white enamels

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive a circlet inscribed Volunteer Medical(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.