Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by C.E. Juncker Auction numbered "040" on the reverse

numbered "040" on the reverse

In frosted Silver

Gunner Murray was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by C.E. Juncker Auction numbered "040" on the reverse(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tomback, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a C shaped flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 49. 10 mm (w) x 48.