Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn Buy Now The helmet measures 240 mm

The helmet measures 240 mm (w) x 275 mm (l) x 135 mm (h)

with double ring suspension on period ribbon

then joined the 19th Battalion two weeks later on the 28th

engraved in italic script "G

: Die-stamped bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn Buy Now The helmet measures 240 mm(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 11 mm (w) x 47. 84 mm (h), weighing 16. 7 grams, retaining an original wax paper liner,