Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Newly Listed He is still unfit for

He is still unfit for duty and we recommend one month's leave

Eckert was a veteran of the First War in which he fought between March 1917 and October 1918 in Dragoon Regiment 2

29 mm x 26

an edelweiss sleeve insignia

waving ribbons extend from under the crossguard of the central sword to the edges of the cross between at 3 and 9 o'clock

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Newly Listed He is still unfit for(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 16 mm (h),