Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, With Swords In Case Buy Now after which he stayed on

after which he stayed on as an instructor until 1944

with a cardstock core and the addition of a zink unit cipher denoting “Panzer” on the obverse - with two prongs showing on the underside per tab

55 mm long pin

15 mm x 15 mm

reverse stamped in green ink "Zur Erinnerung an die Verleihung des Gaudiplems / 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, With Swords In Case Buy Now after which he stayed on(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central raised mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 22 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 23. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation