Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Badges, Maker-Marked Examples Auction Archive Instituted in 1918 (in silvered

Instituted in 1918 (in silvered iron

Flanking the cap band are pebbled magnetic metal buttons which secure in place a chinstrap constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

bearing a central hand-painted 1914 Iron Cross

2 mm x 69 mm inclusive of its elephant head suspension

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Badges, Maker-Marked Examples Auction Archive Instituted in 1918 (in silvered(Wehrmacht Abzeichen). A pair of service badges, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck,