Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944

near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944 and resulted in over sixty fatalities

the aircraft of the Naval Air Arm successfully attacked the vessel and sank her

slightly chipped enamels on the reverse of the three o’clock arm

55mm (x 76mm including wreath suspension)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 20.