Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Auction and is dated to April

and is dated to April 21

through historical and genealogical research

“CCCP” on reverse and hand engraved "629161"

one in browning brass

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered dark blue lightning bolt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Auction and is dated to April(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.