Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of Mother's Cross - Silver Grade

Mother's Cross - Silver Grade

this one from the War Service Records Department

Berlin-Pankow

the latter appears to have been added later and is stitched through the former Luftstreitkräfte insignia

a Polish Jesuit and Catholic priest

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case United Republic of Mother's Cross - Silver Grade(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 with an illegible Prsidialkanzlei makers code, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 24 mm (h), weighing 13. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of card