Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Hold scatttered silvering wear

scatttered silvering wear

1938 and was taken by Sportbild-Verlag Max Schirner

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very high relief

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Hold scatttered silvering wear(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