Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt United Republic of with a rayon-lined tongue attached

with a rayon-lined tongue attached to the underside of the boards

constructed of a patinated non-magnetic metal alloy with enamels

with the signatures in faded black ink of both the Instructor and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the bottom

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt United Republic of with a rayon-lined tongue attached(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the latter consisting of a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and early issue flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt,