Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Hold reverse features the inscription GUERRA

reverse features the inscription GUERRA POR LA LIBERACION Y UNIDAD DE ESPANA 17 JULIO 1936 (War for the Liberation and Unity of Spain 17 July 1936) on a map of Spain

Footnote: The Royal Order of Vasa is a Swedish order of chivalry

one medium-small badge

with minor scratching visible to the enamels

probably French made

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Hold reverse features the inscription GUERRA(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 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. 62 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 23.