Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Newly Listed with original worn neck ribbon

with original worn neck ribbon

(Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen in Silber Papier)

bottom on left and right)

enamel chipping evident on the centrepiece ring)

Eckert was a veteran of the First War in which he fought between March 1917 and October 1918 in Dragoon Regiment 2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Newly Listed with original worn neck ribbon(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, 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 pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 16 mm (h),