Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of he continued to make his

he continued to make his presence known in the army well into the Second World War

the latter appears to have been added later and is stitched through the former Luftstreitkräfte insignia

Berlin-Pankow

and circumscribed “Das Rachediktat von 1918 ist gelöscht” (The revenge conspiracy has been reversed)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of he continued to make his(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback with an illegible Prsidialkanzlei makers code, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 24 mm (h), weighing 13. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of card