Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Auction 200 in Essen

200 in Essen

leading it in heavy defensive battles after the catastrophe of Stalingrad

minor soiling and creasing

Yeoman of Signals

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Auction 200 in Essen(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 a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 09 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,