Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude the bow of the ship

the bow of the ship that brought the students to America immediately to the right with the ship's name "MÜNCHEN" on it

lined with dug-out niches two or three rows high

but it's known that these buckles were made by Braca Knaus

one is bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude the bow of the ship(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern mit Etui). Instituted 18. 10. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Maltese cross in silvered tombak; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; marked 1 on the reverse of the catch for Deschler &