Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Two War Merit Crosses, First Class, Maker Marked Auction / ZA ZASLUGE / 1942"

/ ZA ZASLUGE / 1942" on the reverse

as well as the signature of the section head

First badge in red

52 mm (w) x 32

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Two War Merit Crosses, First Class, Maker Marked Auction / ZA ZASLUGE / 1942"A grouping of two Third Reich German War Merit Crosses, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords by Klein & Quenzer. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern) Instituted October 18th, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a raised barrel