Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed Footnote: The Guatemalan Air Force

Footnote: The Guatemalan Air Force is a small air force composed mostly of U

dated 3 March 1941 in Lindau

The helmet measures 299 mm x 242 mm

Early in the Second World War

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed Footnote: The Guatemalan Air Force(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, 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, Mnchen, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 09 mm (h), weighing 20.