Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case United Republic of one octangular and one round

one octangular and one round

bearing a black enameled mobile swastika

571 dated February 27

A textbook example of a Panzer EM/NCO’s breast eagle

missing its swing bar pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case United Republic of one octangular and one round(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