Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords United Republic of with screw device on reverse

with screw device on reverse

in bronze gilt with purple

each constructed of brown wool with buckram cores

Warrant Officer 1st Class P

departing Finschhafen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords United Republic of with screw device on reverse(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 90 mm (w) x 47. 94 mm (h), weighing 21. 4 grams, in extremely fine condition.