Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive 5 mm x 76 mm

5 mm x 76 mm each

rose cut diamonds (of average quality)

The reverse bears an acid-etched inscription of “IN HERZLICHER FREUNDSCHAFT - ERNST RÖHM” (“IN HEARTFELD FRIENDSHIP - ERNST RÖHM”) in cursive handwriting

entering the Egyptian theatre on October 10

in solid 22 Kt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive 5 mm x 76 mm(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 55 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing