Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction C" holding the two ends

C" holding the two ends of the flaps together

in bronze gilt with yellow

with a blue rayon backer

silver gilt cross pattée with sun-rays between the arms of the cross

1910 in Wadersloh (western Germany) and became a carpenter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction C" holding the two ends(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross paty constructed of silvered tombac, the arms are pebbled with smooth borders, two upwards facing crossed swords lay between the arms, the obverse centre is inscribed with 1939 encompassed by a wreath, the reverse is plain bearing a vertical pinback, measuring 49. 56 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), very fine.