Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction while the fasces commemorates service

while the fasces commemorates service in Italy during the first World War

arm wrestling

CALIBRATION" and held in position via four screws

He volunteered for service in the Imperial Navy in January of 1915

WWI 189th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF - Pickled brass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction while the fasces commemorates service(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 16 mm (h),