Luxuriously-styled, 'Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwertern' being an attractive and maker- (ie. '50'-) marked specimen that is executed in typical, silverish-coloured metal (ie. 'Buntmetall') and that comes in a moderately used conditi...

The attractive - and I deem quite early- (ie. mid-) war-period - piece is executed in typical, frosted silver-coloured metal (ie. 'Buntmetall') and comes in an overall very nice- (ie. I deem only minimally used- and/or worn-), condition. The naturally non-magnetic- and/or non-vaulted cross shows some (minimal) blackened- (ie. somewhat tarnished) age-patina but was most certainly never cleaned nor polished: it retains, moreover, most of its typical silverish-coloured ie. 'frosted'-like finish (as can be seen on the pictures). The cross comes naturally mounted onto its functional (somewhat thicker, flute-shaped) pin- and/or: period catch (ie. catch-set-up) which are both present and fully unaltered (as can be seen on the pictures). The piece - which shows a clear makers'-designation '50' on the back of its pin - is with certainty a piece that was produced by the Austrian maker- (ie. 'Hersteller') named: 'Karl Gschiermeister' as was based in the town of Wien (ie. Vienna). The piece was truly never cleaned and is just a tiny bit stained ie. dirty but retains as stated above most of its (off-factory) polished 'highlighted areas' (as can be seen on the pictures). I deem that the KvK 1st class award is a bit underestimated by the collectors' community: they can almost be graded equally as the IC 1st class. Simply an attractive and fairly luxuriously-executed example of a: 'KvK 1. Klasse ohne Schwertern' by the 'Karl Gschiermeister'-company that is - I deem - accordingly priced!