Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross I Class Auction Archive 51 mm x 51

51 mm x 51

Naming is officially impressed on the two medals and officially engraved on the reverse of the CAFOD

constructed of dark green wool bearing machine-embroidered insignia

His unit would then take part in the Battle of Kursk and the Second Battle of Kiev

the other featuring twelve rows of double vertically oriented belt holes for length adjustment - these holes were added by hand as opposed to being added onto a separate leather liner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross I Class Auction Archive 51 mm x 51(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with an illegible makers mark visible on the pinback, measuring 48. 11 mm (w) x 47. 84 mm (h), weighing 15. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original case of issue,