Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of he was posted to the

he was posted to the 13th Brigade

A posthumous award notice for a Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) presented to Luise Clemm von Hohenberg

the centerpiece with a magnetic metal backplate

letters sent to Lt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of he was posted to the(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. 63 mm (w) x 48. 53 mm (h), weighing 23.