Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Secretary Dependent's Allowance Board

Secretary Dependent's Allowance Board

with a plain reverse

Medal of Honour for Communal Service (in silver

First Published in 1908

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Secretary Dependent's Allowance Board(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 47 mm (w) x 48. 41 mm (h), weighing 24.