Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction measuring 79 mm x 35

measuring 79 mm x 35 mm

USS Yankee cleared for action and stood in toward the warship

Immediately above the shako plate is a cockade

Militia Attestation (1889) and Attestation for the Miltia (1903)

at the age of 43 years and 9 months

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction measuring 79 mm x 35(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a screw and backplate, unmarked, measuring 49. 44 mm (w) x 48. 49 mm (h), weighing 20. 2 grams, in near extremely fine condition.