Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive made of airplane grade aluminum

made of airplane grade aluminum

complete with backing plate and fastening nut on reverse

1876 in Myrtle

consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath topped by a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

A lot of two Wehrmacht Heer (Army) uniform insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive made of airplane grade aluminum(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 marked with code 50 for maker Karl Gschiermeister, Wien, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 17. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.