Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude and twisted strands of silver

and twisted strands of silver aluminum bullion wires

2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment Patch (in white pressed fabric

We give the Maryknoll Missionaries credit for enabling us to evade capture and get from behind the enemy lines and back to our U

the reverse bearing the stamped logo of the Gästehaus Reichsparteitag

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude and twisted strands of silver(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, 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. 66 mm (w) x 48. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, demonstrating natural silver tarnishing throughout, in mint