Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Buy Now marked "HOCHFEINE QUALITÄT" (Highfine Quality)

marked "HOCHFEINE QUALITÄT" (Highfine Quality) on their reverses

spotting and surface wear

he was posted to the Submarine Base and Depot H

the obverse with a raised and finely-detailed rightward-facing profile of Elector Wilhelm II of Hesse-Kassel

Only about 50 honor salvers have ever been awarded

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Buy Now marked "HOCHFEINE QUALITÄT" (Highfine Quality)(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