Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Archive VERBANDSWETTFAHRT” (I ASSOCIATION RACE”) and

VERBANDSWETTFAHRT” (I ASSOCIATION RACE”) and “SEGELABTLG

37 mm x 64 mm

in regards to his left ankle Pott's fracture and the resultant arthritis

greeting a crowd of people

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Archive VERBANDSWETTFAHRT” (I ASSOCIATION RACE”) and(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 raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 94 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its original presentation