Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Hold Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls

Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls

Instituted 16 September 1572

Parachute Regiment

published by Schiffer Military History

dual-hole punched on the left side with modern reinforcement stickers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Hold Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed of a pressed card stock frame with a faux black leather