Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac After 67 days of hospitalization

After 67 days of hospitalization with Trench Fever

was a further three kilometres to the south of the town

The knuckle bow is beautifully decorated with ornate floral patterns and twisting brass

43 mm x 58

The pommel is stamped with a mark of “HVHG”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac After 67 days of hospitalization(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterheld, Dresden, measuring 48. 53 mm (w) x 48.