Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive wearing the Order of the

wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece and the Order of St

the obverse trimmed along both the top and bottom edges by machine-embroidered silver-grey tresses

the case has lost its hinge with consequent detachment of the lid

the remaining forty-three badges with intact enamels

23 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and reported as "Dangerously Wounded" on the 28th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive wearing the Order of the(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