Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction Footnote: early Franco period insignia

Footnote: early Franco period insignia is of far superior quality and scarcer in comparison to post 1960 issued insignia

received Coronation Medal

Quantus Bliss Henderson)

case in fine good condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction Footnote: early Franco period insignia(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 01 mm (w) x 48. 95 mm (h), weighing 21. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original case of issue, constructed of card