Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction Archive a Heer Panzer Totenkopf shoulder

a Heer Panzer Totenkopf shoulder board insignia

the Order is conferred to foreigners and Spanish citizens for meritorious civil acts

partially worn on name

and as such escaped the post-war recognition bestowed upon those larger regiments suffering greater numbers of combined battlefield and health related deaths

and fine enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction Archive a Heer Panzer Totenkopf shoulder(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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 62 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 23.