Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction arm wrestling

arm wrestling

He volunteered for service in the Imperial Navy in January of 1915

the reverse with monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm

two leaves

the Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction arm wrestling(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 16 mm (h),