Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Buy Now and author

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Accompanied by the Official Statutes

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but also hope and anticipation of a free Netherlands

A Post War German Cross in Silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Buy Now and author(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central date of 1939 within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 70 mm (w) x 49. 34 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.