Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister visually-hidden 6 - The Army

6 - The Army

A badge consisting of two circular medallions attached to a ribbon with the Czech flag

the outer ring in rolled aluminum wire

scattered chipping evident in the brown enamels

enamel chipping at the tip of the arm at 10 o'clock on the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister visually-hidden 6 - The Army(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 68 mm (w) x 48. 34 mm (h), weighing 16. 5 grams, in extremely fine condition.