Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt Buy Now on the left side is

on the left side is a machine embroidered NSKK insignia in silver thread on black embroidery backing (indicating Motorgruppe Niederrhein or Berlin)

and 9 July 1944

Very light crazing evident in the white enamels on the right arm on the reverse of the Grand Cross Badge

the date of his death was not stated

suspended from a thin multi-link chain

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt Buy Now on the left side is(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48.