Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Hold maker marked ""FAYOLLE POUTEUR Seur

maker marked ""FAYOLLE POUTEUR Seur / 180 Gre de VALOIS PALAIS-ROYALE"" on the reverse cartouche

married Nancy Brooks Frank

engraver marked "KRAFFT F" and inscribed in Latin "JOSEPHUS II

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely-documented variation produced by an unidentified manufacturer measuring 23

the exterior trimmed with black cotton tresses

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Hold maker marked ""FAYOLLE POUTEUR Seur(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed of a pressed card stock frame with a faux black leather