Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Archive measuring 162 mm (w) x

measuring 162 mm (w) x 19 mm (h)

bar suspension with gilt 27 Years bar

and today emphasizes its role as a shooting sports association

for we knew we might be called to move at any time

escorting the King and Queen to India for the Delhi Durbar celebrations in 1911

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Archive measuring 162 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobiled swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 45 mm (h), weighing 21. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation