Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Westfalen-South Dortmund Gautag Badge -

Westfalen-South Dortmund Gautag Badge - 1936 - Aluminum with enamels and an inset "soldier" bronze plate

bearing a silvered date of “1925” topped by oak leaves and a raised replacement Stahlhelm insignia

Chapter II - Regiments of the Armoured Branch

marked "15 Ct" (15 Carat Gold) on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Westfalen-South Dortmund Gautag Badge -(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Instituted 18 October 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with a pair of crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars which converge on an integral loop connecting to a suspension