Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction The front of the cap

The front of the cap features a machine embroidered Luftwaffe eagle patch in silvery/grey cotton threads

the base is marked denoting the manufacture by Rosenthal of Bavaria

0 mm (d) x 36

a directional pointer in gold paint and outlined in black on the underside of the flat glass face

four Assorted Collar Badges (in bronze or white metal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction The front of the cap(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. 62 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 23.