Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed Corporal Earl Combs was subsequently

Corporal Earl Combs was subsequently housed at Stalag 4B in Muhlberg

leather is supple but has been stored flat

one of which has a stamp

a bow on the bottom with a Prussian crown at the top

Pilot Wings (three-colour embroidered insignia on navy blue wool

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Newly Listed Corporal Earl Combs was subsequently(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, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker,