Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister

(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, 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 marked with code “50” for maker Karl Gschiermeister, Wien, measuring 48.32 mm (w) x 48.28 mm (h), weighing 17.7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.