Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Miniature, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity 200 on the original order

200 on the original order

engraved "WINSTON F

clasp Defence of Legations

She was employed as a clerk

In a letter dated March 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Miniature, By Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity 200 on the original order(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui und Miniatur). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 53 mm (w) x 48. 03 mm (h), weighing 17. 9 grams, including its miniature stick pin, constructed of silvered zink, measuring 9. 48 mm (w) x 9. 53 mm (h),