Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Newly Listed (Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen in Silber Papier)

(Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen in Silber Papier)

an edelweiss sleeve insignia

29 mm x 26

touches of red embroidery in the crown on and in the tongue of the lion

enamel chipping evident on the centrepiece ring)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Newly Listed (Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen in Silber Papier)(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),