Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive machine-woven embroidery

machine-woven embroidery

Pilot Wings (three-colour embroidered insignia on navy blue wool

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)

printed in Wittenberg

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive machine-woven embroidery(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