Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction Quantus Bliss Henderson)

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WWII Order of Aeronautical Virtues Merit - Officer's Breast Cross

58 mm long needle pin

On that day and the next

Westtünnen/Westfalen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction Quantus Bliss Henderson)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 01 mm (w) x 48. 95 mm (h), weighing 21. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original case of issue, constructed of card