Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive Nürnberg-Berlin” and “Ges

Nürnberg-Berlin” and “Ges

Footnote: The RLB was established by the Reich Air Ministry in April 1923

the reverse with a postcard design

engraved "RALPH W

during The War of Independence

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Archive Nürnberg-Berlin” and “Ges(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integrated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an integrated catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 96 mm (w) x 48. 98 mm (h), weighing 19. 8