Description
3) A War Merit Medal (Verdienstmedaille)
2 cm in length
The group was also charged with training the civilian population in civil defence subjects and air raid precautions
the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of “TREUE UM TREUE” (“LOYALTY BEGETS LOYALTY”)
pinned with dual gilded bronze rank pips and numerals “192”
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Buy Now 3) A War Merit Medal(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. 45 mm (w) x 48. 35 mm (h), weighing 23.