The blade presents plain with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso in the form of a late-pattern inscription of “ERNST PACK & SÖHNE
2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment Patch (in white pressed fabric
and twisted strands of silver aluminum bullion wires
After the Russians carried out daring recon from the north and east with tanks
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude The blade presents plain with(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, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, demonstrating natural silver tarnishing throughout, in mint