Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Auction issued on 23 May 1939

issued on 23 May 1939

Lieutenant

black leather chinstrap rests on the visor

leading it in heavy defensive battles after the catastrophe of Stalingrad

Yeoman of Signals

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Auction issued on 23 May 1939(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,