Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case certificate_of_authenticity ” but otherwise plain

” but otherwise plain

along with incorporating a black-finished leather sweatband

In bronze gilt with green

Assmann & Söhne)

presenting a folding crease and scuffing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case certificate_of_authenticity ” but otherwise plain(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