Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by C.E. Juncker Archive 1918) on the right edge

1918) on the right edge

the crown portion of the cap also features a clear celluloid diamond that is embossed PEKÜRO STIRNDRUCKFREI DEUTSCHES REICHSPATENT

Somerset Struben de Chair served in the Middle East and saw action during the Iraqi and Syrian campaigns

the superimposed medallion with the same imagery to match the badge with eight singular extending rays meeting each knee of the star

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by C.E. Juncker Archive 1918) on the right edge(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tomback, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a C shaped flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 49. 10 mm (w) x 48.