Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of the obverse bearing a raised

the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

A Waffen-SS EM/NCO’s sleeve eagle

accompanied by its original pocket of issue

and a Silesian Eagle

Major von Vollard-Bockelberg was taken over by the Reichwehr when he accepted the position of a regimental leader in the General Staff of Group Command 2 in Kassel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of the obverse bearing a raised(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. 44 mm (w) x 48. 31 mm (h), weighing 23.