Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Newly Listed surrounded by a ring inscribed

surrounded by a ring inscribed PATRIAE AC HUMANITATI

plus the star on the left chest)

Kingdom: Order ofthe Phoenix

Discharge Certificates and Wills

15 mm (w) x 60

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Newly Listed surrounded by a ring inscribed(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 bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 67 mm (w) x 48. 72 mm (h), weighing 24. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original