Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude a Medal for 50 Years

a Medal for 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR

It was the only campaign medal to be established after 1945

originally compiled on February 12

holding a downward-pointing sword in her left hand and holding a laurel branch over her head in her right hand

demonstrating fading of the ribbon in addition to moderate material fatigue throughout the case

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude a Medal for 50 Years(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 10 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 60 mm (w) x 48. 50 mm (h), weighing 23. 7 grams, in