Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Auction (Preußisches Ehrenkreuz I

(Preußisches Ehrenkreuz I

Despite their inexperience

A very fine Cigar case

the 5th Regiment

pin marked “AB & Cie” (for Arthus Bertrand of Paris) also marked with “800” silver hallmark

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Auction (Preußisches Ehrenkreuz I(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 raised barrel hinge and flattened pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 42 mm (w)