Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Auction minor soiling and creasing

minor soiling and creasing

issued on 23 May 1939

200 in Essen

leading it in heavy defensive battles after the catastrophe of Stalingrad

First shell with a design incorporating a sailing ship with billowing sails and clouds behind the ship

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case Auction minor soiling and creasing(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 and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 09 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,