Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Archive with horizontally pierced ball for

with horizontally pierced ball for suspension

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In blackened and silvered zinc

two with pinbacks

several boxes of S

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Archive with horizontally pierced ball for(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.