Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude He was promoted to the

He was promoted to the rank of SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SSon on June 10

The reverse is taped in three places

Presenting some slight creasing

1915: The Dardanelles

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude He was promoted to the(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 flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 58 mm (w) x 48. 02 mm (h),