Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Auction Archive 102 mm x 143 mm)

102 mm x 143 mm)

the other twenty-three in gilt

5mm (wingspan)

the ends of which overlap on the front

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker Auction Archive 102 mm x 143 mm)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker,