Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Egypt Commando Badge (in bronze

Egypt Commando Badge (in bronze with black

indicating this may have been manufactured for display purpose

Lieutenant in 1888

printed in Wittenberg

machine-woven embroidery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Egypt Commando Badge (in bronze(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, 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. 65 mm (w) x 48. 62 mm (h), weighing 23. 6 grams, in