Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed 51mm (x83mm including crown suspension)

51mm (x83mm including crown suspension)

and Cross of Military Valour (Croix de la Valeur Militaire) (in bronze

most gilt worn off

Klasse mit Schwertern und Krone)

A group of three Luftwaffe eagle insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed 51mm (x83mm including crown suspension)A near mint fine quality manufacture Kriegsverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse mit Schwerter; in silvered tombac; functional vertical pinback (marked 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen); measuring 48. 18 mm x 48. 27 mm; weighing 19. 6 grams; in extremely fine condition. Original case of issue; exterior constructed of black leatherette with a War Merit Cross with swords embossed on the outside lid; exterior leather hinge and interior fabric hinge intact; measuring