Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Auction all silverware entering Austria was

all silverware entering Austria was required to has an import hallmark

oval shaped stamped blackened metal (magnetic)

A well-preserved HJ winter service cap

illustrating the Falange insignia in the centre surrounded by a chain forming three sides

with black threading giving definition to the globe and wings

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Auction all silverware entering Austria was(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 October 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars which culminate in the middle with an integral loop connecting to a