Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction the butterscotch-coloured leather headband runs

the butterscotch-coloured leather headband runs around the circumference

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

the top right panel is embossed with ESBIT BUNDESEIGENTUM (FEDERAL PROPERTY) and another image of the stove in use

Accompanied by two cards of condolence (one from George V at Buckingham Palace

with a 50 mm long pin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction the butterscotch-coloured leather headband runs(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