Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction with a 50 mm long

with a 50 mm long pin

a Schaumburg-Lippe Faithful Service Cross 1914

Active service in France and RussiaEmbarked for France with the 2nd Battalion in March 1915

creased with several stain marks

the butterscotch-coloured leather headband runs around the circumference

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction with a 50 mm long(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integrated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an integrated catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 96 mm (w) x 48. 98 mm (h), weighing 19. 8