Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction with a Deschler trademark pin

with a Deschler trademark pin keeper and horizontal pinback

stamped in gold ink with the "BATES Hatter

81 mm in diameter

plain reverse with two catches for attachment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction with a Deschler trademark pin(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross paty constructed of silvered tombac, the arms are pebbled with smooth borders, two upwards facing crossed swords lay between the arms, the obverse centre is inscribed with 1939 encompassed by a wreath, the reverse is plain bearing a vertical pinback, measuring 49. 56 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), very fine.