(Österreichischer Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz I
light blue and olive green embroidered insignia
Each armpit bears an integrated cloth loop
Naming is officially impressed on the First World War pair
fully qualified men under the age of thirty-five
Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Stick Pin Miniature, by Boerger & Co. Hold (Österreichischer Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz I(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the inner and outer edges