Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction measures 34mm

measures 34mm

likely for drunkenness on this and the other previously stated occasions

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

was presented to the Mistress of the Robes and Ladies of the Bedchamber

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Auction measures 34mm(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