Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed In embroidered silver wire

In embroidered silver wire

lightly faded

Second Class

Private Hockenhull was granted his first Good Conduct Badge on January 12

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed In embroidered silver wire(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 20 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 47. 75 mm (h), weighing 16. 7 grams, accompanied by its period