Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords GTRexclude with single aluminum rank pip

with single aluminum rank pip

minimal wear on the obverse from storage

Runes in white threads on black wool base

on behalf of her deceased son

Order of Stalin (in bronze gilt with red and gray enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords GTRexclude with single aluminum rank pip(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 90 mm (w) x 47. 94 mm (h), weighing 21. 4 grams, in extremely fine condition.