Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic So wrote Pte

So wrote Pte

the reverse is plain and marked “L/15”

a 1933 Mühlhausen district 10th anniversary badge

which was a split off from the Order of the Seal of Solomon

The shaft bears dual integrated oak leaf bands

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic So wrote Pte(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the latter consisting of a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and early issue flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt,