Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of two-piece construction with police insignia

two-piece construction with police insignia affixed by two rivets

With the formation of the Royal Flying Corps

consisting of a bright scarlet red field bearing a 258 mm (w) x 247 mm (h) white cotton five-pointed star stitched in place in the center on both sides

First medal is bronze

in bronze which retains its sharp detailing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of two-piece construction with police insignia(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.