Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction four Assorted Collar Badges (in

four Assorted Collar Badges (in bronze or white metal

a directional pointer in gold paint and outlined in black on the underside of the flat glass face

1940 and signed in black ink by the leader of the state police department Heinrich Seetzen (1906–1945)

above a wreathed sword and below the monogram of King Victor Emmanuel III

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction four Assorted Collar Badges (in(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 62 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 23.