Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Hold slight oxidation around sword features

slight oxidation around sword features on right half of star

others that are wounded)

revealing some of the bronze sheen underneath

Grand Collar Chain: unmarked

77mm (w) x 125mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Hold slight oxidation around sword features(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobiled swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 45 mm (h), weighing 21. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation