Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Auction the reverse inscribed “Für Kriegsverdienst”

the reverse inscribed “Für Kriegsverdienst” (For Military Merit)

Lady Cobham died in 1961 aged 63

oval shaped stamped blackened metal (magnetic)

238" on the underside at the right end

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn Auction the reverse inscribed “Für Kriegsverdienst”(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Instituted 19 October 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with 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 culminate in the middle with an integral loop connecting to a