Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold traffic on the road was

traffic on the road was forced to stop

measuring 120 mm x 33 mm

serving out of Portsmouth and was one of eighty-six members of the Royal Navy who were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Admiralty

45 mm knurled pin

gilt eagle with "P" in its talons on the inside lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Hold traffic on the road was(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, presenting as a Maltese Cross, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a wreathed mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, marked 1 on the reverse of the catch for maker Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring