Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Royal Naval Branch

Royal Naval Branch

engraver marked "MISTRVZZI"

measuring 85 mm (w) x 148 mm (l) x 26 mm (h)

WWI 28th Infantry Battalion "North West Regiment" Cap Badge - Pickled copper

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Royal Naval Branch(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Instituted 18 October 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with a pair of 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 converge on an integral loop connecting to a suspension