Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler GTRexclude clasp sewn in place to

clasp sewn in place to the lightly soiled original ribbon

Four days after his heroic actions

to the Royal Flying Corps

the obverse with an oval oak leaf wreath with a ribbon on the bottom and a Luftwaffe-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler GTRexclude clasp sewn in place to(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern, mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 63 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams,