Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case Buy Now the obverse centre bears a

the obverse centre bears a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a swastika

afterwards I returned to duty at Abbeele

the reverse bears the inscription “Den Freiwilligen Vaterland Verteidigern des Fünften deutschen Armeekorps Vouihrem Kommandirenden General E

and very rare

(1916-1928 Issue)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case Buy Now the obverse centre bears a(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 13 mm (w) x 47. 97 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of heavy card stock with a faux black