Germany, Third Reich. Two Unissued War Merit Crosses First Class with Wrapping Paper GTRexclude a tapered pinback

a tapered pinback

A 1936 edition of “AH: Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers” (“AH: Photographs from the Life of the Führer”)

addressed to one Richard Fussen in Cottbus

This is an information sheet of Leutnant Fritz Eckebrecht

Germany, Third Reich. Two Unissued War Merit Crosses First Class with Wrapping Paper GTRexclude a tapered pinback(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, 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 maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring approximately 48 mm (w) x 48 mm (h),