The interior content consists of 25 black card stock pages
(Reichskampf Hamburg Abzeichen)
the National Order of Merit was created
an original matching set in near extremely fine condition
reverse oval centerpiece shows the monogram MI within a blue enamelled outer circlet decorated with golden laurel wreath
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The interior content consists of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Cross Patte with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 62 mm (w) x 47. 98 mm (h),