Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive obverse centerpiece slightly loose

obverse centerpiece slightly loose

including one with four decorations

Private Weller was transferred to the 18th Infantry Battalion at Shorncliffe for service in the French theatre

36cm in length (or 14 ½ inches)30mm tall

first printing in September 1982

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive obverse centerpiece slightly loose(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 52 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 38 mm (w) x 48. 75 mm (h), weighing 20. 4 grams, demonstrating near total