Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive A German Horse Driver’s Badge

A German Horse Driver’s Badge - Bronze grade

presenting with a lacquered black finish on the obverse and in light brown on the reverse

7 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-piercedball suspension

the obverse bearing Berlin studio marks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive A German Horse Driver’s Badge(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, accompanied by its period original