Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed Both of the top pockets

Both of the top pockets are overlaid by vertically-arranged threaded loops for the accommodation of decorations with vertical pinback

A matching and original hanger is secured in place

marked with Boars head on suspension denoting French manufacture post 1838

including four bronze finger rings

was salvageable and could have been repaired

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed Both of the top pockets(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 47. 48 mm (w) x 47. 48