Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Auction Archive the badge measuring 24

the badge measuring 24

measuring 97 mm x 42 mm

it would not be a permanent one

reverse centre also in Gold with a blue enameled background and individually enameled white stars forming the Southern Cross

above a Fürth skyline

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Auction Archive the badge measuring 24(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 94 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its original presentation