Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Auction pin marked “AB & Cie”

pin marked “AB & Cie” (for Arthus Bertrand of Paris) also marked with “800” silver hallmark

around a central winged bomb

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “GESCHWADER BOELCKE” in Fraktur script

A very fine Cigar case

an Index of the Medals and an Index of the Bars

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Auction pin marked “AB & Cie”(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 42 mm (w)