Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive and Air Medal (bronze gilt

and Air Medal (bronze gilt

parallel rows of six front closure buttons with corresponding reinforced buttonholes on the left front panel

with correction of "M"

where he convalesced for three weeks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive and Air Medal (bronze gilt(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