Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case Buy Now a very rare five-pointed multiple-rayed

a very rare five-pointed multiple-rayed hollow star with ball finials

with each side flanked by a strap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting three brown bakelite buttons

In December of 1940

Some crinkles in the felt backing

1917 by shrapnel causing a flesh wound to the calf of his right leg: "On Sept

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case Buy Now a very rare five-pointed multiple-rayed(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 13 mm (w) x 47. 97 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of heavy card stock with a faux black