Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, by Klein & Quenzer

(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, with a barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, pinback marked “65” for maker Klein & Quenzer, Idar-Oberstein, measuring 48 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in better than very fine condition.