Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt United Republic of THOMAS) Naming engraved

THOMAS) Naming engraved

Police Officer’s Cap Badge - in die stamped white metal

1916 for sixteen weeks

small hole on back right side

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt United Republic of THOMAS) Naming engraved(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centre, 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 reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48.