Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross I Class Auction in silvered and patinated feinzink

in silvered and patinated feinzink

Percival Levinson

arriving in the United Kingdom on September 2nd and reporting for duty the next day

The insignia on the cap consist of a small central tri-colour cockade that is fastened on the top section near the visor’s peak

was also a pilot and was killed in an airplane accident in 1932

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross I Class Auction in silvered and patinated feinzink(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with an illegible makers mark visible on the pinback, measuring 48. 11 mm (w) x 47. 84 mm (h), weighing 15. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original case of issue,