Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Ltd VANCOUVER" on the reverse

Ltd VANCOUVER" on the reverse

the upper exhibiting six non-punched holes at the tab end

Footnote: The Bronze Grade Marksmanship award would normally have been awarded at the annual Tiroler Landesschiessen held in Innsbruck

(Issued 1916-1924)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Ltd VANCOUVER" on the reverse(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern, mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48. 21 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams,