Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Archive one sword lightly bent

one sword lightly bent

very small chip in the enamels on the six o-clock arm on the reverse

along with the tip missing at the upper left in the black wool)

consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire acorns suspended from a strap of identical construction

the head of the eagle with a red gemstone as its right eye

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross With Swords, In Silver, By Deschler & Sohn Archive one sword lightly bent(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Instituted 18 October 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with a pair of crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars which converge on an integral loop connecting to a suspension