Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Hold measuring 91x140mm

measuring 91x140mm

Dark bronze obverse

Second model

printed in four colours on an off-white paper stock

Half of the visor stitching has detached from the interior

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Hold measuring 91x140mm(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central date of 1939 within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 70 mm (w) x 49. 34 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.