Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn Hold Footnote: The International Aeronautical Federation

Footnote: The International Aeronautical Federation awarded a series of proficiency badges to glider pilots on their successful completion of the appropriate tests and gliding trials

Olive drab wool construction

the cabochons intact and free of chipping

Der Kyffhäuserbund Seinem Kameraden Badge

A 1935 “Tag der Arbeit” (May 1st

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn Hold Footnote: The International Aeronautical Federation(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, demonstrating natural silver tarnishing throughout, in mint