Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The shaft bears dual integrated

The shaft bears dual integrated oak leaf bands

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flanked on each side by Heer-style eagles clutching mobile swastikas of identical construction

a 1938 Karlsruhe SA combat games badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The shaft bears dual integrated(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the latter consisting of a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and early issue flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt,