Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic an Order of 9 September

an Order of 9 September 1944

In die stamped aluminum with aluminum faceplate affixed by 4 prongs

with "For Merit" device on ribbon

Lincolnshire Base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic an Order of 9 September(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 61 mm (w) x 48. 49