Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler GTRexclude Westmount Boer War Tribute Medal

Westmount Boer War Tribute Medal

75 mm (w) x 43

Iron Crescent - In silvered bronze and red enamels

the obverse with an oval oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom and a Luftwaffe-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

clasp sewn in place to the lightly soiled original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler GTRexclude Westmount Boer War Tribute Medal(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern, mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 63 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams,