Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The reverse bears an acid-etched

The reverse bears an acid-etched inscription of “IN HERZLICHER FREUNDSCHAFT - ERNST RÖHM” (“IN HEARTFELD FRIENDSHIP - ERNST RÖHM”) in cursive handwriting

concave cross pattée with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border

2 variation

rose cut diamonds (of average quality)

a house in the right foreground with storks nesting on the chimney

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The reverse bears an acid-etched(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 55 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing