Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 20cm in length

20cm in length

reverse illustrating the XI Summer Olympic Games insignia

277 mm x 353 mm)

and in the following year to South Africa to supersede Lord Chelmsford in command of the forces in the Zulu War

Vernon (1919

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 20cm in length(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 90 mm (w) x 47. 94 mm (h), weighing 21. 4 grams, in extremely fine condition.