Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler Auction ) Infantry Division (also known

) Infantry Division (also known as Tiger Division)

29 mm x 54

CANADA scroll

1936 - April 1

This badge was worn by members of the KNIL who volunteered to stay in Indonesia from the end of the Second World War in 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler Auction ) Infantry Division (also known(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern, mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 63 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams,