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 Luftwaffe Ace and Hauptmann of

Luftwaffe Ace and Hauptmann of the Luftwaffe

After 67 days of hospitalization with Trench Fever

was a further three kilometres to the south of the town

A very rare cufftitle

measuring 90 mm (w) x 37 mm (h)

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 Luftwaffe Ace and Hauptmann of(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.