Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords In Case Newly Listed on triangular ribbon

on triangular ribbon

The conditions of enlistment for the TF laid down at their creation in 1908 did not allow for soldiers to be sent for service overseas against their will

maker marked with the H & H Hilborn company eagle insignia and marked "1/20 10K (1/20 10K Gold) on the reverse

and a Letter Addressed to His Parents from the Decorations and Medals Branch (inscribed in black typewriter face "Mr

The dome itself has a black rayon liner

Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords In Case Newly Listed on triangular ribbon(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered feinzink; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; measuring 48. 3 mm (w) x 48. 2 mm (h); with the majority of its original silver finish intact;