Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class Hold (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Rhön-Segelflug Wettbewerbsabzeichen)

(Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Rhön-Segelflug Wettbewerbsabzeichen)

with examples from the Third Reich

bronze icons on the four points of the cross

Latrobe and Junee

first sash is fabricated from silk

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class Hold (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Rhön-Segelflug Wettbewerbsabzeichen)(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, unmarked, measuring 48. 12 mm (w) x 48. 08 mm (h), weighing 16. 8 grams, in extremely fine condition.