Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case United Republic of on a maroon base

on a maroon base

and pinned with three aluminum rank pips

The inside is lined in an olive greenish-brown cotton

under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle

obverse depicts central Bavarian flag within oak wreath as centerpiece of of Leopold Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case United Republic of on a maroon base(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 and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 09 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,