Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The Japanese hauled pontoons to

The Japanese hauled pontoons to the river’s edge while trucks and tanks snaked for miles along the Salween’s bank

measuring 74 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

Some loss to black lacquer

machine-woven embroidery

There are four raised arms with delicate linework and four sets of three ball details spread out evenly around the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive The Japanese hauled pontoons to(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, 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, Munich, measuring 48. 65 mm (w) x 48. 62 mm (h), weighing 23. 6 grams, in