Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Buy Now includes stamps for the years

includes stamps for the years 1936 to 1945

hexagon-shaped push pin with release

reverse illustrating three marching soldiers with the inscription "1 ABRIL 1939 VICTORIA"

participating in water polo

1894 in Fifeshire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Buy Now includes stamps for the years(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, in near extremely fine condition.