Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 200 mm (l) x

measuring 200 mm (l) x 65 mm (h)

A fine badge in hollow stamped silver with pleasing patina

rosette in silvered bronze with red

superimposing on a nicely enameled blue background

the centre of the cap band bears an insignia consisting of a padded dark green wool backer bearing a silver aluminum wire oak leaf wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 200 mm (l) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui, an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original matching backplate, with a short stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L